For owl parents Poppy and Yarrow, that's a lot of mouths to feed.
"It's part of this broader research project we got going on with Cal State Humboldt to study barn owls and how they're used in our Lodi vineyards," Winemaker and Lodi Winegrape Commission Executive Director Stuart Spencer said.
So much so, many farms have installed these owl boxes within the vines.
Using these boxes, researchers had an idea to put GPS tracking devices on the owls to study their behavior.
There are over 170 owl boxes throughout Lodi.
"We live in our vineyards, you know, they're going to be the healthiest when they're in balance with the overall ecosystem," Spencer said. "The more we can use natural predators like ours to control things in the vineyard, the better off the whole ecosystem would be, the better the quality of the grapes will be, the better the wine will be, and the better off we all are as a community."
CBS Sacramento plans on speaking with these researchers and their process of tracking the owls in the coming weeks.
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