A special population of owls in Utah is being studied in mountain regions across the state. Experts say this is a unique year to track patterns of the flammulated owls.
Markus Mika is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, but he spends a couple of months in Utah in the summer. He visited through a grad school project, and now brings more grad students to study these owls. Mika has been passionate about owls for over two decades.Flammulated owls are a smaller species that get their name from what look like racing stripes on their shoulder feathers.Mika studies four sites of flammulated owl nesting sites across Utah.
The researchers carefully weigh each young owl, measure their wings, and tag them with a band to track their progress.The team also installs or holds up trail cameras to look at the birds. Mika said it helps them see the birds, but also understand how long the mom stays with her young ones before joining the dad to bring food to feed the babies.
“We’ll always have to wait until we see how many young make it through to fledging," he said."That is a better indication to see how good the year is, but 24 nests and us being overworked is a good problem to have.”“We wanted to be careful. We wore masks, made sure our hands were wiped down with alcohol beforehand," he said.
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