{"id":676,"date":"2021-09-30T08:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T08:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owls.taiga.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2021-09-30T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T08:55:53","slug":"more-owls-showing-up-over-the-last-week-and-a-meteor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owls.taiga.com\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"More owls showing up over the last week- and a meteor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Banding has picked up a little over the last week or so. Although it’s still a comparatively slow season, I’ve been banding at least a few owls every night lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sep 29<\/td>4 Northern Saw-whets banded; 2 hatch-year, 2 adults<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 28<\/td>4 Northern Saw-whets banded, all hatch-year<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 27<\/td>6 Northern Saw-whets banded, all hatch-year<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 26<\/td>9 Northern Saw-whets banded, all hatch-year<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 25<\/td>6 Northern Saw-whets banded, 1 adult, 5 hatch-year. Also first Boreal Owl of the season.<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 24<\/td>1 Northern Saw-whet banded, hatch-year<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 22<\/td>2 Northern Saw-whets banded, both adult (second-year)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And tonight, at almost midnight, a bright green meteor lit up the sky while I was out checking the nets. I had never seen one quite so bright\/close. A couple of minutes later, a loud, distant explosion was heard from the north. It should be interesting to learn more about this event; I’ve already heard of other sightings around Homer and from communities to the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Banded Northern Saw-whet after release<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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