Although we are still catching the occasional adult Northern Saw-whet Owl (NSWO), the juveniles have effectively taken over. Since our last post, we have banded 107 juvenile NSWO and just three adults. We had two severe storm fronts come through this past week, and the juveniles were really moving between those two systems. During the two nights between the passage of the storms, we banded a combined 81 juveniles. That is a bigger push than I expected we’d experience this summer and very likely to be the biggest push this season.
~ by Chris Neri
2021 Summer Lead Owl Bander
You can read the owl banding weekly blog post and follow WPBO’s social media (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) for highlights this season from Lead Owl Bander Chris Neri and Assistant Owl Banders Laura Porter and Kate Maley.
Owl Banding Presentations — We apologize, but live education demonstrations of our owl banding program will not be offered this season.
