Do they make their little toot sound when flying in migrations, John?
Thx.
Judy Thurber
Liverpool
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> On Oct 29, 2013, at 2:48 PM, John Confer wrote:
>
> HHOWLS (Hammond Hill Owl Site) had our best night of the year last
> night on 29 Oct. We have banded on almost all nights that weren't
> raining or had very strong winds from the south for this fall. Migration
> this year has far fewer birds than last year when we got banding records
> for 102 birds (including foreign recaptures).
> This year we have gotten 38 different birds, including one foreign
> recapture from Sullivan County that migrated northwest. This year has
> very few Hatch Year birds, less than 20%, which is similar for other
> banding stations for eastern North America. Generally, we have had very
> few Second Year birds as an echo from last years abundance of HY birds.
> Except last night, we (Bob McGuire, Maddie Ulinski, Abigail Gepner,
> Karen and I ) caught 12 birds, of which 6 were SY birds, as many as we
> have had previously all year. Last year the ratio of HY birds to older
> birds was about 6 to 1 and this year it is less than 1 to 6. Great fun
> banding, but a strong indication of very low reproductive success this
> past breeding season.
>
> Listen for those little owls passing us by during the night.
>
> Cheers,
> John Confer
>
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