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Outdoor Radio: Tracking The Saw-Whet Owl

The tiny Northern Saw-whet owl is migrating south right now and naturalists are tracking them as they pass through Vermont. On Outdoor Radio this week, we’ll visit a banding station in Montpelier to hear how these elusive birds are captured and banded.  

Credit Kent McFarland / Vermont Center for EcoStudies
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Vermont Center for EcoStudies
Birdwatcher Carol Suich had never seen a Northern Saw-whet owl. This was a life bird for her that perched on her arm for several minutes.

Biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies join a group of students at the North Branch Nature Center to witness the process, and a local bird watcher experiences the thrill of seeing a Saw-whet for the first time. Below are several resources to learn more about the owl and banding programs.

Credit Kent McFarland / Vermont Center for EcoStudies
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Vermont Center for EcoStudies
Naturalist Ken Benton, a teacher at the North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier, with a Saw-whet owl.

Outdoor Radio is a monthly feature produced in collaboration with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies in Norwich Vermont. The program is made possible by the VPR Journalism Fund and by a grant to VCE from the Vermont Community Foundation.

The program is produced and edited by VPR's Chief Production Engineer, Chris Albertine.

Broadcast Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 7:50 a.m.

Chris was Vermont Public Radio Audio Engineer for more than 20 years. In addition to his work for VPR, he has supervised the sound for television documentaries for the Discovery Channel, Turner Broadcast, and the Arts and Entertainment Network. Chris retired in December, 2020.
Franny was VPR's Director of Programming & Production.
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