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Burleigh Lockwood Burleigh Lockwood has been a field biologist since the age of four, lying on her belly watching ant highways and caterpillars chewing on leaves. While she was finishing her bachelor’s degree she began working for California Fish & Wildlife as a seasonal biologist. In a career shift to the Forest Service, she became an official “hooter” on Spotted Owl surveys, learning the habits and hoots of the owls in the Sierra. While doing field work in the Sierra, she began volunteering for Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo Education Department. She is now a staff biologist for the zoos.