A look at the research on migrant Northern Saw-whet owls in Ohio. How, why, where and the results.

H Thomas Bartlett (tom); Research Associate with the Department of Ornithology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, retired secondary science teacher (31+ years) , licensed bird bander with the US Geological Survey (53 years), certified bird bander and trainer under the North American Banding Council, published dozens of papers and one book. Tom is married with one daughter. He and his wife Paula, who now works with him on the research, and one daughter, They spend 4-5 months a year on the Lake Erie Islands banding birds and another 30+ days a year banding at Springville Marsh State Nature Preserve. In Oct 2021, Tom banded a Northern Saw-whet on Kelly’s Island giving making that his 100,000 bird banded since 1971. He and his team have banded over 1250 Norther Saw-=whet owls on Kelly’s Iland alone. This data has been used to protect over 2090 acres of land on the Lake Erie Islands.

This will be our first Annual Meeting Event. We will have dinner, Chinese raffles and a silent auction along with this great program on Owls. We will catch you up on all that BRAS has done in 2024 and what we hope to accomplish in 2025.

The cost is $20 per person and you get 5 raffle tickets with that. Registration is required.