Although we continue to see a general slow down, we did band 24 juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owls on August 11, which is a productive mid-August night. More recently, a warm-weather system has settled over us, and the numbers have been dropping night by night. The forecast calls for this system to linger a few more days; hopefully, things will pick up a bit when it finally moves out. This summer has been disappointing for Long-eared Owls, but we were excited to have a long-eared recapture this week (pictured above). This long-eared was originally banded here as an adult by Nova Mackentley on May 16, 2020.
~ 2021 Summer Owl Banders
Chris Neri & Kate Maley
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.
