It’s a Jack London species. It’s the northern latitudes. It’s sled dogs and Canadians and the northern lights - it’s the northern saw-whet and boreal owls. As cavity nesting birds, boreal and northern saw-whet owls depend on old boreal forest stands to find a place to call home. Where cavities do not exist, the species does not reproduce. Interestingly, both owls readily adapt to artificial nest structures - therein lies the objective of this course. You will learn about these cavity nesters by visiting nest boxes that encourage reproductive success and you'll spend the evening under stars checking for owl tenants and observe owl courtship and nesting behaviors. A multi-faceted approach to early summer involves some evening shivers as we observe a “habitat for non-humanity” project. Participants in this course will arrange to carpool to selected field sites (up to 30 miles away) after a brief introduction at the start of the course.

A series of parallel course offerings are also featured as part of the Boreal Birding and Northern Landscape Festival. Participation in this course includes the festival’s featured evening programs (plus evening desserts!). Participants in this course will arrange to carpool to selected field sites after a brief introduction at the start of the course.

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