Where to See Burrowing Owl in Badlands National Park

Sighting map

Burrowing Owl sightings in Badlands

Loading the Badlands map

FewerMore sightings

Where Burrowing Owl has been reported, from 183 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

Keep this map with you offline in the Parkwolf app

Timing

When to look

12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM11% of the busiest hour5 AM56% of the busiest hour6 AM94% of the busiest hour7 AM83% of the busiest hour8 AM67% of the busiest hour9 AM50% of the busiest hour10 AM39% of the busiest hour11 AM33% of the busiest hourNoon33% of the busiest hour1 PM39% of the busiest hour2 PM50% of the busiest hour3 PM67% of the busiest hour4 PM83% of the busiest hour5 PM94% of the busiest hour6 PMBusiest hour7 PM78% of the busiest hour8 PM50% of the busiest hour9 PM22% of the busiest hour10 PM9% of the busiest hour11 PM4% of the busiest hour

Burrowing Owl is most seen 6 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Burrowing Owl sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	11%
5 AM	56%
6 AM	94%
7 AM	83%
8 AM	67%
9 AM	50%
10 AM	39%
11 AM	33%
Noon	33%
1 PM	39%
2 PM	50%
3 PM	67%
4 PM	83%
5 PM	94%
6 PM	100%
7 PM	78%
8 PM	50%
9 PM	22%
10 PM	9%
11 PM	4%

Audio tour

Hear about Burrowing Owl on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Badlands, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Badlands Tour Guide

The Owl Beside the Burrow

0:00 / 0:28

“On a summer visit to a prairie-dog town, scan the low mounds for a small owl standing on surprisingly long legs. Burrowing owls use old prairie-dog tunnels for shelter and nesting.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Badlands Tour Guide.

4.7 from 8,600+ ratings

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Badlands, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
116 audio storiesplay as you drive Badlands, wildlife included

4.7 from 8,600+ ratings

Wildlife

More wildlife in Badlands

All 16 sighting maps

760 sightingsBisonBison bisonMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

1,061 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 5–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

906 sightingsPrairie DogCynomys ludovicianusMost seen 8–11 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

333 sightingsPronghornAntilocapra americanaMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

304 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

87 sightingsCoyoteCanis latransMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

46 sightingsAmerican BadgerTaxidea taxusMost seen 6 AM & 8 PMSighting map

10 sightingsGolden EagleAquila chrysaetosMost seen 8 AM–12 PM & 1–7 PMSighting map

Where to see Burrowing Owl in Badlands