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Northern Saw-Whet Owl

Blondie: This Saw-whet likes the WCC environment!

Telemetry: 37 Days, Fall 2010 | Nesting in Westchester County!

Westchester Community College

First owl of 2014 at WCC is a Hatching Year Female Northern Saw-whet Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl Ecology and Isotope Research Project (click for very short video)

The Age of a Saw-whet Owl
is determined by examinating the wing for flight feathers of different ages.

The feather indicated by the white line is the oldest primary, and is so worn that it is broken at the tip. The feathers with the most pink are the newest, formed after this year's breeding season. We aged this owl as ASY, meaning that she is at least in her Third Year; she hatched at least as early as 2009.

Flying Squirrel in nets, 11/06

Banded at Westchester Community College, 10/26/06

The 2006 season began with 2 NSWOs

The first was a HY Female, found on campus at 5PM the next day.

and again both morning and evening of Oct. 29, 2006, with a mouse!

The second was a probably SY Female (UV photos)

Telemetry videos: 2010 80 observations, 2008 43 observations

Banded at Westchester Community College, 11/08/03

Banding studies:

1. Tick-borne diseases:

Lyme Disease (NY Times)

Gertrude R. Battaly, Durland Fish and Robert C. Dowler . The Seasonal Occurrence of Ixodes dammini and Ixodes dentatus (Acari: Ixodidae) on Birds in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area of Southeastern New York State. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 95, No. 4 (Oct., 1987), pp. 461-468

Ehrlichiosis (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

Thomas J. Daniels, Gertrude R. Battaly, Dionysios Liveris, Richard C. Falco, and Ira Schwartz Avian Reservoirs of the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis? Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 December; 8(12): 1524–1525. doi:10.3201/eid0812.010527

2. Northern Saw-whet Owl Ecology:

roost sites, feather isotopes,

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