Hammond Hill Owls (HHOWLS) had another successful year of banding. We banded
on 16 nights, almost every night with tolerable to good wind conditions and
temperatures above freezing from 1 October until 6 November. This provided 502
net hours and 0.2 birds per net hour. We had 116
HI Folks,
I am continuing my Northern Saw-whet Owl banding project for this the tenth
year. Our location is about 3 miles southeast of Slaterville Springs at 651
Hammond Hill Rd, referred to as HHOWLS. Last year we banded 137 owls. This year
after two nights at the start of migration we have
Lately I’ve been whistling for Saw-whets when I give my dog Sandy her evening
walk. Tonight there’s one tooting back at me, right outside my door, and up and
down the driveway. Sounds pretty excited!
-Geo
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While letting the dog out just now, I was surprised by a Northern Saw-whet
Owl calling from the northern section of the Village of Lansing Greenway
that ends at the Bomax Rd. fields. The vocalization lasted for about 15
seconds, paused for about 10, and then resumed for another 10 seconds or
so,
Hi everyone,
After the seminar at the Lab of Ornithology tonight (Monday) I was walking
home through Sapsucker Woods when I heard the moderately high-pitched, repeated
tooting whistle of a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (or alternatively someone doing a
good imitation of a Saw-whet...in which case
Congratulations John and Karen! It was indeed a super migration night in the
Finger
Lakes. Our station is about 30 miles northwest of the Confer's and we had 40
little
owls. That's 76 from just these two little points so imagine how many were
coming
over the broader Finger Lakes area the night
I met Susan on Hammond Hill Friday after her foray to Park Pre. and we had a
similar experience; silence. The frogs did start up for us finally. I always
wonder what makes Owls especially vocal or not. Of course my pondering mostly
occurs when facing the prospect of hearing nothing, but the
Hmmm. On Friday evening, since I had to drop my daughters for the midnight
opening show of Hunger Games, I decided to take advantage of another warm, calm
night t try for the owls. I was at the Park Preserve parking area at about
11:30 for about 30 minutes. After much silence and someLong-eared
This evening around 7:30 Susan and I met at the Park Preserve and tried our
luck at hearing the migrant Long-earred Owl. We stood just inside the
gate and played the Northern Saw-whet tooting call. We did not hear the LE
Owl, but clearly heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL. It was still light enough
so
