A Saw-whet owl gets its length measured as part of ORI’s research and banding project at Flathead Lake Biological Station Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Avery Howe/Bigfork Eagle)
October 23, 2024
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Migration mystery: Work aims to track saw-whet owls journey
At 7:20 p.m., a northern saw-whet owl call pierces through the forest at Flathead Lake Biological Station. Although these little owls are some of the more common on the North American continent and native to Northwest Montana’s woods, this sound is coming from a speaker.