CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS PREDICT LOSS OF WINTER RANGE FOR SAW-WHET OWLS

Scary stuff for the relatively common Northern Saw-whet Owl, a large loss of winter habitat in the face of our changing climate. As the blue disappears so does the winter range- so saw-whets will be wintering further north.  For an animated version of disappearing habitat: see: http://climate.audubon.org/birds/nswowl/northern-saw-whet-owl.

This prediction of the winter habitat loss comes from National Audubon's

climate change model.

 This is one of the reasons our long term monitoring is so important. We can help validate what models predict, if that is in fact the case.Thanks for continuing your support for this common and amazingly valuable species!