[cobirds] owl banding

2011-08-31 Thread pygmyowl
Hi All, Tonight after giving up on trying to capture Flammulated Owls, we desided to play the Saw-whet owl tape. It really paid off because we caught 5 Juvinile Northern Saw-whet Owls. The first two were caught at 10:30pm Two more at 11:00pm and the last at 11:25 pm. We closed up shop at 12:

[cobirds] owl banding

2011-08-25 Thread pygmyowl
Hi All, Last evening after setting up for a night of owl banding, we caught the first owl of the season. However, the way it was caught was a bit unusual. The way we catch the nocturnal owls is quite simple. We set up a series of mist nets. Our setup is a "T" shape. At the top of the "T" is a

[cobirds] owl banding

2011-08-16 Thread pygmyowl
Hi all, It's that time of year again. I am going to begin my annual fall owl banding project. The first evening will be this coming Monday evening the 22nd of August beginning at dark with the hopes of catching Flammulated Owls. I will be trapping after dark for a few hours each evening until t