Slow going, one or two owls per night on nights that I could open; lots of bad weather for banding lately.  I plan to close down the daily banding effort at the end of the month, although I might open nets a few times for the first couple of weeks in November.

• Oct 21: 4 Saw-whets
• Oct 20: No banding- rain
• Oct 19: Closed early due to wind
• Oct 18: Too windy to open
• Oct 17: 1 Saw-whet and 1 Boreal Owl (3rd for the season)
• Oct 16: No owls caught
• Oct 15: 2 Saw-whets banded
• Oct 14: 1 Saw-whet and 1 Boreal Owl banded (Boreal arrived just after visitors left for the night)
• Oct 13: Rain, no banding
• Oct 12: Rain, no banding
• Oct 11: 2 Saw-whets banded
• Oct 10: 1 Saw-whet banded
• Oct 9: Rain; no banding

We’re past the mid-late Sep peak, but still banding between 1-6 owls per night.

• Oct 7: 3 Saw-whets banded
• Oct 6: 1 Saw-whet banded
• Oct 5: 5 Saw-whets banded
• Oct 4: 2 Saw-whets banded
• Oct 3: 1 Saw-whet banded
• Oct 2: 6 Saw-whets banded
• Oct 1: 1 Saw-whet banded

All of the owls banded over the last week have been hatch-year birds.

After-second-year Northern Saw-whet Owl wing under blacklight. Three ages of feathers evident.

A few days of banding missed over the last week due to illness and weather.

• Sep 30: 5 Northern Saw-whet Owls, all hatch-year except for the after-second-year owl shown in the photo above.
• Sep 29: out of town; no banding.
• Sep 28: 7 Northern Saw-whet Owls banded, all hatch-year.
• Sep 27: 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl (hatch-year) banded.
• Sep 26: no banding
• Sep 25: 4 Northern Saw-whet Owls banded
• Sep 24: 6 Northern Saw-whet Owls banded
• Sep 23: no banding; out of town
• Sep 22: 3 Northern Saw-whet Owls banded
• Sep 21: 4 Northern Saw-whet Owls banded. Closed early- rain
• Sep 20: no banding- rain