Jim, we had saw-whets nest in a wood duck box at Columbia NWR in 1997. The
nest was in a willow grove and at least 50 miles from the nearest
"appropriate" habitat. That same year two other wood duck boxes in the west
Potholes area had saw-whets nesting. I don't know anything about initiation
dates, but based on the size of the young I banded that year your saw-whet
might be nesting now.



Randy Hill

Othello



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jim
Danzenbaker
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 1:02 PM
To: tweeters tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] Battle Ground N. Saw-whet Owl



Tweeters,



I was very surprised to hear a calling NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL from my home in
Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington at about 5am this morning. I don't
have much in the way of evergreen habitat for Saw-whets so I immediately
wondered if Saw-whets ever call during spring migration....anybody know?



I just returned from Panama where biridng was incredible. My apologies in
advance if I accidently post a sighting of a tyrannulet, trogon, toucan,
tityra, tinamou or tiger-heron............ Yes, there were Swainson's
Thrushes too!



Keep your eyes and ears skyward.

--
Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-723-0345
jdanzenbaker at gmail.com