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The fall 2011 Northern Saw-whet Owl (NSWO) season was a great success! Over the month of November we caught 18 owls at our permanent site in Marshall, MO at Indian Foothills Park. We also caught two owls at Powell Gardens in mid-November and again two more in Rolla. It's not over yet...now that we've determined that this species regularly uses central Missouri for fall migration, we want to know if and where the NSWO winters in Missouri. Throughout the winter we will attempt trapping in several locations throughout the state. MRBO's involvement with NSWOs began in 2010:Inspired by Gene Jacobs in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Jerry Toll (below) of Hitchcock Nature Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa, we made several attempts at trapping these small owls in November 2010. Until recently, Northern Saw-whet Owls were thought to migrate only as far south as northern Illinois and Iowa. Recent work by banders at more southerly locations has shown that during most winters, these owls will move as far south as Alabama. Successful trapping here in Marshall, and GREAT success (nine Saw-whet Owls in 6 hours) at the home of Jo and Jack Spicer in Benton County in 2010, has shown that these small owls do migrate through and winter in Missouri. For more information on this charismatic little bird, try: Owling.com	For a full article on MRBO and NSWOs in MO click here
Below: Research Assistants Stephanie and Aaron, with a Northern Saw-whet Owl trapped on our property just outside Marshall.	Below: Iowa Bander Jerry Toll, who inspired us to try for these owls, and showed us how it's done on November 4th, 2010.
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