Banding of Northern Saw-whet Owls continued this past weekend. It picked up a little but still not big numbers. I haven't heard from the other banding sites so I assume they are not doing well. On Kelleys we banded 3 on Thursday, no banding on Friday or Saturday due to weather, and 3 on Sunday night. To date I have captured 10 owls on Kelleys. Nine have been hatch-year birds and one second-year bird. 9 have been female and one a male. Don't know what to make of it. And don't know where all the owls which have been banded up north are. I can't believe they want to stay in Michigan or Ontario for the winter. Highlights species were: 81 species observed by my group and/or the Kirtland Bird Club group This doesn't include a "Mutt" duck which we first called a American Black Duck. However, 2 American Black Ducks were found on Monday. Common Loon 100+ on Monday Horned Grebe 100+ on Sunday Swan species? 2 on Saturday Wood Duck 2 on Sunday Surf Scoter 3 on Saturday Long-tailed Duck 1 female on Saturday and Sunday Merlin 1 on Saturday by KBC Sandhill Crane 4 on Monday Killdeer 2 on Thursday Greater Yellowlegs 2 on Saturday Great Black-backed Gull 5+ Long-eared Owl 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 on Monday - one bird was singing !! Tree Swallow 1 on Sunday by KBC Eastern Bluebird 40+ on Saturday Gray Catbird 1 on Thursday American Pipit common on Friday Snow Bunting Friday Lapland Longspur Friday Rusty Blackbird Saturday Pine Siskin 3 on Friday This will be my last attempt to band owls this weekend. I will be doing the regular monthly census on Saturday, November 18 before the OSU/Michigan game starts. But then again, who care???? About the game not the census.... Tom Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]