Hi all, A few weeks ago I was granted permission to trap owls inside RMNP (this coincides with my park research permit). A small group of up set up nets and played the recording of a Northern Saw-whet Owl. In a few minutes there were three birds calling back to the lure, non were caught though.
At 9:00 pm I switched the audio lure to the Boreal Owl call. Within 15 minutes there was a Boreal Owl perched a few feet from one of the nets looking at the speakers. I stepped away allowing the others to come up to see the owl perched in the woods. Unfortunately the bird had moved. After a short...very short frantic search, the bird was found in the net. This beautify bird was an HY (hatching year) bird that weighed 133.6 grams and had a wing length on 172 mm. Pictures of the bird can be seen on my facebook page. Scott Rashid Estes Park -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
