[va-bird] Northern Saw-whet Owl banding

Charles Ziegenfus and I opened our saw-whet owl banding station on Sunday
evening.  Charles caught one saw-whet and one Eastern Screech-Owl on
Sunday evening.  Last night we caught 5 saw-whets and the same
screech-owl.  She was not amused.  Most of the owls seemed to be in a bad
humor last night ... perhaps because of Halloween?  Too many witches on
broomsticks clogging up the celestial interstates?  Who knows?

One of the five that we caught was a foreign retrap (banded somewhere
else) but we have not yet learned where.

We will be banding at Highland most nights, weather permitting, for the
next several weeks.  It is still a good idea to check with us, however,
before coming to visit ... but you are welcome.

Clair Mellinger
Banding at Highland Retreat Camp near
Bergton, VA
Rockingham County
38 46' 25" N
78 54' 00" W


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Biology Department
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VA  22802
540 432-4409
mellinac@xxxxxxx



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