Last November 2nd we began Northern Saw Whet Owl Banding early and quit at around two the next morning after banding 17 saw-whets and garnering two foreign recoveries of birds banded in Ontario, Canada.
Today we had word from the lab that one of the birds we banded, an HY-M, was recovered on 28 August 2011 near Riviere-Du-Loup, Quebec. That's a distance of 510 miles NE of here. Unfortunately the owl was found dead and we have no further info as yet. We've a google map showing the banding site and recovery area for anyone interested. Keepin mind that bands are reported in a ten minute block so the actual point of recovery may have been that much offset to the north and east from the point shown. John and Sue -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
