Burrowing Owl Banding Data Sheet

Burrowing Owl Banding Data Sheet

Codes: How Sexed: BP=Brood Patch; PL=Plumage (Females: darker, bars extend far down sides; Males: lighter, bars ending further up sides);

Brood Patch?: 0=none; P=yes, but not vascularized; V=vascularized; W=Wrinkly/Scaly; R=Receding/new feather growth.

Note: When dealing with recaps please record all the columns that are in CAPS (Nest ID, Burrow caught at, Date, Obs, bands on both Right and Left Legs (USFWS and

Acraft bands), Bird-bag Weight and Bag Weight (for Adults), Sex, How Sexed, and Juvie Age Range). Recaps from a previous year (rather than from this year) also should have

feathers pulled and wing pics taken.

FOR ACRAFTS, WRITE OUT “OVER”, “BAR” and “VBAR” – do not abbreviate or use slashes. Eg., Bk-5 VBAR 2 is correct.

Site: ______Year:______Map datum (e.g., NAD 27 Conus): ______Zone (from UTMs, e.g. 11 S): ______

NEST ID / BURROW CAUGHT AT / UTMS OF BURROW CAUGHT AT / DATE / OBS / LEFT LEG / RIGHT LEG / RE-CAP? / BIRD&BAG WT (g) / BAG WT (g) / SEX (M, F, J) / HOW SEXED / Brood Patch? / Adult Left wing (mm) / Adult Right Wing (mm) / Adult Left Meta-tarsus (mm) / Adult Right Meta-tarsus (mm) / JUVIE AGE RANGE / # OF FEATHERS COLLECTED (collect once per year per BUOW) / WING PICS Y/N (once/year/Adult) / Blood Taken Y/N (once/BUOW) / Comments /
WHOLE TAIL (ad:1) / PARTIAL TAIL / BODY (ad&J:3&3) / HEAD (ad:1) /