Three new Northern Saw-whets banded on the night of Aug 25. All three were hatch-year birds.<\/p>\n
A fourth owl was caught; this one had been banded five days ago.<\/p>\n
The nets were open for 2 hours and were closed at 12:15AM due to a cat in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three new Northern Saw-whets banded on the night of Aug 25. All three were hatch-year birds. A fourth owl was caught; this one had been banded five days ago. 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