Banding continues to be slow, as it has all season so far. Typical nights have resulted in just a couple of owls banded. Boreal Owl numbers are way down compared to previous seasons; only two have been banded so far.
| Date | Northern Saw-whet Owls Banded | Notes |
| Oct 8, 2019 | 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2019 | 2 + 1 returning banded bird | The recaptured owl was originally banded in 2014 |
| Oct 6, 2019 | 1 | |
| Oct 3, 2019 | 1 | |
| Oct 2, 2019 | 3 | |
| Oct 1, 2019 | 2 | |
| Sep 29, 2019 | 3 | |
| Sep 27, 20199 | 7 |
The owl recaptured on Oct 7 was originally banded here in September 2014 as a hatch-year bird, making this a 5th year bird. This owl had some apparently abnormal feather growth next to one eye:
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