Owl Banding Summary
By Dawn Garcia
The Northern Saw-whet Owl (NSWO) Station completed its 3rd year (2007) contributing to local owl ecology and to the broader monitoring program, Project OwlNet: http://www.projectowlnet.org/index.htm
This table provides the number, age and sex of Northern Saw-Whet Owls captured near Chico, CA. in 2005, 2006 and 2007 during fall migration. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1. Detailed log of owl banding efforts.
NSWO |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
TOTALS |
HY-F |
7 (30%) |
27 (44%) |
8 (16%) |
42 |
HY-M |
2 (9%) |
5 (8%) |
4 (8%) |
11 |
HY-U |
1 (4%) |
5 (8%) |
4 (8%) |
10 |
HY Total |
10 (43%) |
37 (60%) |
16 (31%) |
63 |
AHY-F |
13 (57%) |
21 (35%) |
29 (57%) |
63 |
AHY-M |
0 |
2 (3%) |
4 (8%) |
6 |
AHY-U |
0 |
1 (2%) |
2 (3%) |
3 |
AHY Total |
13 (57%) |
24 (40%) |
35 (69%) |
72 |
RECAPS |
2 |
6 |
5 |
|
Owl Totals |
23 |
61 |
51 |
135 |
# NIGHTS of effort |
19 |
20 |
27 |
|
NET HOURS (NH) |
340 |
322 |
327 |
|
OWLS/NH |
0.068 |
0.19 |
0.16 |
|
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| NSWO flying off after banding and release |
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