[TN-Bird] Chattanooga owl netting

From: "David F. Vogt" <dfv@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:06:12 -0500
I opened 4 mist nets in the woods behind my house in Chattanooga for 6
hours last night to mark my first night of participation in Project Owl
Net (a Northern Saw-whet Owl mist netting project being conducted at
numerous sites in the US and Canada).  Although the Northern Saw-whet
Owl tape that ran the entire 6 hour period did not lure any saw-whets
into the nets (may be just a little to early?) it did aggravate a Winter
Wren that reacted aggressively to the tape as I started it at dusk.  It
immediately flew through the 2 larger mesh owl nets without slowing down
before getting caught in one of the songbird nets on the flanks of my
net array.  I suppose Winter Wrens share much of their range with
Saw-whets so it makes sense that they would react to calls.  I did
manage to band one red morph Eastern Screech Owl around 7:30 which I
caught again around 10 and then had it escape from a third net around
11:00 as I approached.
 

David F. Vogt

Chattanooga, TN


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