Well, it looks like the push of Long-eared Owls that we have experienced over the last month has come to an end. The main push started on April 12 and ended on May 11. During that 30 night period a total of 295 Long-eareds were banded. Additionally, we caught the two that were banded at [...]
A Long-eared at the Point from back in 2008. Although the Northern Saw-whet numbers continue to be low, Long-eared Owls have been banded in record numbers this season keeping us very busy lately. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. In the last 16 nights, we have banded 93 Saw-whets and [...]
Things have been going pretty well recently. As we mentioned in our first post, the first 11 nights in April were pretty brutal due to the return of winter conditions and we banded just two owls during that span. The weather conditions finally improved on April 12 and we had very a nice run of [...]
Before we jump into the owls, we want to give a quick mention of what has been going on at WPBO. After the announcement at last year's Spring Fling that Michigan Audubon Society (MAS) would be taking over operations at WPBO this transition became a regular topic of conversation at the Point. The departure of [...]