“In a year when we might catch 700 owls a season, we could get 50 birds that were previously banded,” he said. Geological Survey’s Bird Banding Laboratory. The banding of owls, done for 30 years at the location along Lake Superior, keeps track of nocturnal birds' population trends and migration routes, impossible to keep a visual count of during the spring, summer and fall. RIGHT: Neri blows on the feathers of a Northern saw-whet owl while checking the furcular hollow where fat is stored while documenting and banding owls. ![]() LEFT: Owl bander Chris Neri works on banding a long-eared owl captured at the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in Paradise located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on Friday, April 21, 2023, during their spring migration through the area along Lake Superior. BOTTOM: Neri blows on the feathers of a Northern saw-whet owl while checking the furcular hollow where fat is stored while documenting and banding owls. TOP: Owl bander Chris Neri works on banding a long-eared owl captured at the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in Paradise located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on Friday, April 21, 2023, during their spring migration through the area along Lake Superior. All right, go get ‘em,' and they take off,” he said. “I'll be like, 'Don't come back this season. A small aluminum band with individual numbers that works like a license plate is attached to an owl's leg before it is released back into the night. It's just amazing how calm they are through the whole process,” Neri said. “One of the coolest things is when people who have never seen this come, and they expect the birds to be freaked out, and they're not, especially saw-whets. It scans the room as classic rock, curated by Neri, plays from a speaker while the pair works to weigh the birds, taking measurements and checking their health. Whitefish Point, he said is the best site for the spring owl migration, and tracking the unexplained decline among some owl species.īack at the lab, Mackentley is holding a saw-whet. “Owls are absolutely my favorite,” said Neri, whose passion started in third grade, after reading the Hardy Boys' “The Clue of the Screeching Owl.” That passion led him to seasonal field work with birds of prey around the country. From iGen®, the industry’s most innovative and high performance product, to the industry’s most refined line of night vision binoculars, our products push the edge of quality, ergonomics, design and performance.A long-eared owl is seen being held by owl bander Chris Neri after being captured at the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in Paradise located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula early Friday, April 21, 2023, while talking with a crowd of visitors gathered outside of their banding lab during a public visitation time to view and learn about the birds up close that are being documented during their spring migration. Night Owl Optics represents the result of that investment and innovation in all of our products shown on these pages. Investment + Innovation = The Best Products Years of research, product development, field testing and quality engineering further convinced us that only one formula could meet these challenges. ![]() Through it all, we have developed a clear understanding of two very important aspects:Įxpectations. Here at Night Owl Optics we have decades of experience and technological expertise in the night vision industry.
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