Be a Better Birder: Owls: Birds of Mystery and Superpowers

Name: Be a Better Birder: Owls: Birds of Mystery and Superpowers
Start: 2025-09-06T09:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-06T12:30:00-07:00
Location: Outerbridge Park

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 09:30 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Outerbridge Park | Victoria, BC

Join Jannaca Chick, RPBO Bander, to learn about owls and their superpowers, and the owl species found on Vancouver Island.
Owls live on every continent except Antarctica and can be found in every type of environment: tropical and boreal forests, desert, grasslands, mountains, arctic tundra, and cities. Being mainly nocturnal, cryptic birds, owls can be difficult to find as well as study. They have developed “superpowers” that allow them to fly silently and be extremely effective hunters.
In this course, we will discuss their unique morphology and teach you how to identify the owl species most commonly found on southern Vancouver Island by sight and sound. You will learn about their behaviours, including hunting, nesting, territoriality, and migration. We will also discuss how RPBO’s Nocturnal Owl Project has captured, documented, banded, and released more than 15,000 owls since 2002.
Participants will receive a VIP invitation for them and a guest to visit the Pedder Bay Marina banding station during our Nocturnal Owl Banding Project. Several dates will be available. Owls willing, we will show you the charismatic Northern Saw-whet Owl up close and show what this fascinating project entails. For those interested, we will also discuss what is involved in volunteering for this project.