OWL CALM BEFORE THE STORM!

A 0 owl night makes us wonder if the season is slowing.  On Saturday Nov 7 we we thrilled by a missile, but no owls. Then came a storm and two days of rain followed by a clear, cold dark night last night, Tuesday Nov 10, and with it, a storm of owls!  Our best night yet, we banded 7 new Northern Saw-whet Owl (NSWO) and 1 Western Screech Owl (WESO).  We also heard migrating Tundra Swans for the first time this season. Typically we hear owls and waterfowl during the migration season. This year has been a different. More surprises to come? We hope so!

Here are the results from Sept 25 - Nov 7, 2015, a grand total of 50 NSWO and 3 WESO:9/25  -   0 NSWO, 1 WESO
10/11 -  5 NSWO, 1 WESO
10/15 - 4 NSWO
10/17 - 7 NSWO
10/20 - 4 NSWO
10/24 - 4 NSWO
10/30 - 5 NSWO
11/3   - 3 NSWO (includes 1 2014 recapture)
11/4   - 7 NSWO
11/6   - 4 NSWO
11/7   - 0 NSWO
11/10 - 7 NSWO, 1 WESO

Project volunteers: Ken Sobon takes a wing chord measurement
of a saw-whet while Steve King records all the data. Thanks banders!