We’re up and running for another season of owl banding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nets were set up on Aug 31, 2019 and have been opened 7 nights since then; we’re starting to get a few Saw-whets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aug 31: 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl (hatch-year)
Sep 1: 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl (hatch-year)
Sep 3: No owls
Sep 4: 2 Northern Saw-whet Owls (all hatch-year)
Sep 5: 4 Northern Saw-whet Owls (all hatch-year)
Sep 6: 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl (hatch-year)
Sep 8: 6 Northern Saw-whet Owls (all hatch-year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where possible, nets will be open every night (weather permitting) between now and Oct 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We’re up and running for another season of owl banding. Nets were set up on Aug 31, 2019 and have been opened 7 nights since then; we’re starting to get a few Saw-whets. So far: Aug 31: 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl (hatch-year)Sep 1: 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl (hatch-year)Sep 3: No owlsSep 4: 2 Northern Saw-whet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-results"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90R5U-8P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":364,"url":"https:\/\/owls.taiga.com\/?p=364","url_meta":{"origin":547,"position":0},"title":"Sep 20-30","date":"October 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A few days of banding missed over the last week due to illness and weather. 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