Another productive night of banding:
Rain started at around 1am and nets were closed despite the activity. Looks like rain is likely for the next couple of nights.
This season’s Boreal Owl total so far (18 banded birds) makes it the best season for Boreals here since 2011 (56 Boreals banded that year).
Six owls were banded last night:
It’s turning into a better year for Boreals- more banded this season than during the last couple of seasons.
No banding was done from Sep 21-23 due to rain, which ended on the evening of the 24th.
On the night of the 24th, two new hatch-year Northern Saw-whets were banded.
The next few nights look like good weather for banding.
Sep 19-20 were a little slower than the previous several nights. Banding ended early on the 20th due to rain moving into the area.
Sep 20:
5 new Northern Saw-whet Owls banded. Nets were only open for two hours before rain closed things down.
Sep 19:
Saw-whet’s feet
Last night was another good night; fourth night in a row with 10 or more owls banded.
Ten Northern Saw-whets were banded; all were hatch-year birds.
No new Boreal Owls were banded, but one from the previous night paid a return visit.
Thanks again to Andrew Fisher for the help!
Another great night last night; ideal weather conditions and a good number of owls.
Fifteen owls were banded last night:
All owls banded last night were hatch-year birds.
This tied the largest number of Boreals banded in a night here.
Nets were open for 5 hours.
Thanks to Andrew Fisher from Anchorage for the help!
Photos to be added soon…
Last night was a great night for banding- no rain (finally), calm, clear, a bit cold, and dark (close to new moon).
Thirteen owls were banded:
Nets were open from 9pm to 2:30am.
Although rain was forecast for tonight, it’s held off. Banding was a little busier tonight than it has been so far this season.
Nine Northern Saw-whet Owls and one Boreal Owl were banded; all hatch-year birds.
The Boreal was one of the larger ones I’ve banded, weighing 163g.
The next few nights look like conditions could be good.
No banding took place on Sep 13 due to rain.
On Sep 14, rain came and went; nets were opened/closed twice. Two hatch-year Northern Saw-whet Owls were banded before the nets were closed for the night.
Sep 12: No banding tonight due to rain.
Sep 11: Five new Northern Saw-whet Owls were banded, all hatch-year. Additionally, one Saw-whet was recaptured; it was first banded here in Sep 2014.
Sep 10: Two Northern Saw-whet Owls were banded. Despite ideal conditions, no owls were caught until the last net check at about 12:30am, when these two arrived.
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