This is the first 45 minutes or so of banding day for the Starr Ranch Barn owl chicks that can be watched 24/7 at www.starrranch.org/blog. A great group of folks joined Kim (Starr Ranch Ornithologist) and me for this. The actually banding is in Part 2. In this part I talk about the history of Starr Ranch, what goes on here, and then I bring out Gus, a Western Screech Owl being rehabbed at the OC Bird of Prey Center and about the best raptor one could hope for to demonstrate some things about owl biology.
2 окт 2024
