Netting the wrong owl and squirrel
What was going to be a quiet night of just trying to band migrant Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) turned into so much more. Tyler Christensen and I cut our mist nest lane configuration earlier in the day and returned around 6:45 to get things started. We use an audio lure to try and bring migrating Saw-whet Owls to the nets, so we started that and left the area. We decided to wait till 7:50 to check the nets again. We strolled down to the set-up to find no owls yet, but all of a sudden we heard some rustling. We both looked and saw a Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) run...
Read MoreEastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
This Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) is another unintentional catch by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser while targeting Saw-whets for banding in New Jersey. Look at that face! That is not a Halloween mask. It may be tiny predator but it certainly looks imposing and almost ferocious…
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