Owl banding bycatch

Tonight I added Snowshoe Hare to the list of non-owls that I’ve had to extract from the mistnets.

Snowshoe Hare after untangling from the nets

Banding continues to be slow, with 49 Saw-whets and 2 Boreals banded during this season to date. The setup also caught a Great Horned Owl a few nights ago, but it extracted itself before I could get to it.

Weather continues to look bad for banding in the immediate future, likely continuing the trend of daily rain (or snow, in today’s case).