Hello all: We are finally getting our blog access up and running here at the Point and thought we would give you all an update on our season so far. I'm not gonna lie, this season has been one of weather. We opened on the night of September 14th and since then we have been [...]
We had a better stretch of weather the last few nights which led to some better nights of netting. The last two nights treated us to some calm north winds. We even had a chance to see the stars for the first time in a long time it seemed. The last two nights we were [...]
We have been trying not to get to upset about the rough stretch of rainy/windy weather. After the first 21 days we only had 2 nights off, and then over the next 14 days we have had 6 nights off due to rain and/or windy conditions. The first three weeks of the season produced some [...]
It has been really tough to get quality netting hours in the last few nights due to wind and rain. We have only been able to open nets 3 of the last 6 nights, and strong winds look to continue through Saturday night. Luckily the winds look to be slowing down for Sunday, setting up [...]
On Sunday Raina and I got stuck mediating a debate of our own...between two Barred Owls. It was quite a raucous, nobody could figure out who was cooking for who. Both owls were pretty adamant they were "cooking for all." It was just a chaotic seen (actually both owls were pleasantly calm for barreds)! [...]
The fall owl banding season is well under way after opening nets for our 17th night of the season. The season started off fast for the first night we opened nets with 11 birds, but had slowed down to many nights with 3 to 5 birds. However on the 2nd of October we reached our [...]