For the second straight year, the McGill Bird Observatory (MBO) is hosting a series of owl nights, a program to educate the public about the Northern Saw-whet Owl.
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The birds are migratory, flying to parts of the U.S. for the winter, but not much else is known about their flight patterns or population numbers.
For that reason, the MBO started putting tracking bands on the birds about a decade ago in the hopes of learning more about them.
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It’s believed there could be as many as 300,000 of the small owls – who are about the size of a soup can – living in Canada during the summer months.
The MBO is holding informational seminars to allow people to see the birds up close as they’re captured, tagged and released.
The sessions are held at night until the first week of November.
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