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Owl Cities: Willistown to Quebec
"Frenchy" the owl was banded in Willistown last November and arrived in Quebec this year.
A Northern Saw-whet Owl tagged in Willistown in November 2010 and has recently been discovered in Quebec by a local observatory.
On the Willistown Conservation Trust Bird Blog, Blake Goll wrote:
NSWO number 0494-81906, or “Frenchy” as we call her, was caught at the Rushton Woods Banding Station last year on November 6 and weighed in at 99.3g.
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She was a “hatch year” owl, which means she was born in the summer of the year we caught her. This year on October 3, she weighed in at 103.3g, a sizable increase, possibly in preparation for migration, and she is now aged as a “second year” owl.
Read more about the Willistown Conservation Trust's work with owls at their blog.
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