October 31 was the last night of nightly owl banding for the 2018 season.  

After a week of near-continuous bad banding conditions (nightly rain, wind, bright full moon), a week of cold, clear nights brought a couple of owls per night. 

The nets are still up for a couple of weeks, and I’ll probably open them a few more times before disassembling the setup, hoping for a few more Boreal Owls.

Season totals:

Northern Saw-whet Owl: 
164 new owls banded (148 hatch-year birds and 16 adults)
2 returning owls that were banded here in previous years

Boreal Owl:
17 new owls banded (13 hatch-year birds and 4 adults)

Western Screech-Owl: 
1 owl banded

Total: 182 new owls banded and 2 recaptures.