[mou] FW: Owls

[Alt, Mark]

FYI.  I thought I would throw this out to you for consideration - trying
to age the birds by sight may be useful, yet it sounds rather difficult.


Mark Alt=20


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From: "Barb Beck" <barb@birdnut.obtuse.com>
To: "Rich Peet" <richpeet@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Owls


> Hearing about what you have has been driving the main Hawk and GG Owl=20
> bander around here CRAZY.  He would go down to band but has not got a=20
> permit for your side of the border.
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> BTW are they first year birds or older.
>
> In case you have not been around a banding nut.  Hawk Owls can be aged

> easily as first year vs older by the white on the tips of their tails.

> Older owls have rounded tips on the tail feathers while the first year

> birds have pointed tips.  This makes the white on the end of the tail
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> a chevron for the kids and a crescent for the older birds
>
> With the GGOW all of the flight feathers on the first year bird will
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> the same color and have the same liight tips, those on the older bird
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> not show as much of a white tip.  Beware they only molt very few
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> each year in their wings - taking up to 5 years to get rid of all of
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> juv feathers.
> Have fun.  It has turned COLD here.  Actually can get colder but the
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> I get the less tolerant I am of the cold.
>
> Barb
>
> Rich Peet wrote:
>
>>I thought I would just give a thank you for loaning Minnesota your
>>owls from Canada this winter.
>>
>>In northern MN the trees are almost dripping with Northern Hawk Owls
>>and Great Grays.
>>
>>So if you didn't get many during the cbc survey don't worry we will
>>send them back to you in good health shortly.
>>
>>Rich Peet
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