A lot happened in the 2019 NSWO season. Below are a few highlights of the season. We banded 100 new owls and captured a bird originally banded in British Columbia! We had some cool mammals in the area including our typical bats, a netted flying squirrel and a ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)!
Licensed banders were Project Director Ken Sobon and assistants Wyatt Hersey and Dawn Garcia. Thank you to our returning seasoned bander Julie Newman and volunteers Mary Muchowski, Jessica Shippin and Tanner Hansen and many new volunteers: Charlie Gianini, Jack Geist, Megan Cheny, Leslie Saldavar, Melany Scannell, Anton Dressler, and Asher Perla. WOW, thanks to all!
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| Portrait of a saw-whet banded in 2019 |
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| NSWO banded at the BCCER since 2005. Blue represents the number of adult owls, red represents the number of young owls (hatched that year). |
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| Our 2019 foreign recovery, a three year old originally banded in 2017 in Canada. |
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| Ken shows off the owl from Canada, only our 3rd foreign recovery since we opened in 2005. |
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| The elusive ringtail, a super cool mammals of the oak woodlands |
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