Currently Audubon is working to band more of an elusive little forest owl known as the Northern Saw-whet to determine how large their population is and learn more about their migratory patterns. Pictured below, Hutchinson is using a technique he has dubbed "the snow-cone hold." He says that once you've got them in your hand, they're pretty chill.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently announced that they are monitoring a national outbreak of "highly pathogenic avian influenza," otherwise known as bird flu.