Clifton Institute technician Caylen Wolfer has her banding kit out again, this time for Barn Owl (Tyto alba) nestlings, just about ready to fledge. A few of us got to ride along.
There are five nestlings (a/k/a fluffballs) in this nest box, which replaced (as far as the owls were concerned) a barn that was pulled down in order to make room for a greenhouse.
Baicich and Harrison write that the owlets are flying after about 60 days in the nest.
I could spot one bird in the box before Caylen got her mitts on it, so this sighting is ABA countable. Yay!