We’ve had a very slow start of the Fall 2025 owl banding effort.

Two weeks in, a total of 17 Northern Saw-whet Owls have been banded- all hatch-year birds except for 3 second-year adults.

Rain almost every night has limited the effort so far; After days of rain, we finally had good weather last night (Sep 17) and banded 5 birds.

First Northern Saw-whet banded during the Fall 2025 effort