Ok, that's mean. How many of you had that annoying feeling about those stupid BBL (O, there I go again, that's Bird Banding Lab) acronyms. Just kidding, a little tease.
Anyway, last night from 7:30-9:00 with two nets last night and a digital caller, Karen and I were able to catch one, fat female (this is not a sexist comment, merely referring to the fact that the bird appeared to be in good shape despite just coming out of winter and in the middle of migration) Northern Saw-whet Owl. For what it is worth, our property is on the line of the Christmas Count circle (if you use a pencil with a very broad lead) and about a half mile outside the basin. We drain to the south. So. you might split hairs and argue that the bird is not a basin bird. There is a major saw-whet banding listserve which suggests using a digital caller with about 100 decibels of call output. I just can't stand it that loud, but the bird was in the net about a meter or so from the speaker with a very loud output. Reminds me that I have wondered if Snowy Owls at Logan airport are deafened by airplanes coming and going and then about this little saw-whet. How can they find mice by a squeak after sitting near jet engines. For some reason, two pair of Barred Owl were calling throughout the 1.5 hours I visited the nets. Looks like salamander migration tonight. Spring is so much fun. Cheers, John Confer -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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