Sep 26

Another productive night of banding:

  • 10 new Northern Saw-whet Owls banded, plus one returning owl originally banded 2 weeks ago
  • 3 new Boreal Owls banded; one was an after-second-year bird.

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).