Things have been slow but steady for us the last week. Since last Friday, Nov.
2 we have had 1, 5, 3, 1, 1, 3, 0, and 2 saw-whets, with the zero birds this
past Friday night on a night when we were only open one hour due to threatening
rain, which did not materialize until around 10 PM. These figures put us at 40
owls for the season thus far. By this date in 2004, our record year of 52
birds for five years of operation, we were at 43 birds. But the number of
birds dwindled quickly at that point, and we had a lot of nights that year
rained out. This year we are still hoping for a strong push of birds for the
rest of the month, as in 2003, when about 2/3 of our birds that fall came after
this date.
Gene Sattler
Lynchburg, VA
