Mid-season

As of Oct 1, banding totals are as follows:

SpeciesNew bandsRecaptures
Northern Saw-whet Owl882
Boreal Owl1

Two previously-banded Northern Saw-whets were captured; both were banded here in previous years- one originally banded in 2020, and one in 2022.

The season’s first Boreal Owl showed up on Sep 21.

Banded/released Boreal Owl