Owls of Yellowstone
May 27 - 28
Gardiner, Montana
No
Katy Duffy, M.S.
Adult
Field Seminars
Wildlife
Join us in the exploration of Yellowstone's owls! We will start with a classroom session to prepare ourselves for three field trips where we will read the Yellowstone landscape for owls: we will be looking at various habitats in the park and discussing why owls prefer these habitats. We will also cover ways to observe owls ethically so that we don’t disturb them, especially while they are nesting or seeking prey. Our evening field trip will occur at Owl Time, which begins just before dusk when nocturnal owls begin to stir. We’ll be using both our eyes and ears because much of owl observation is auditory. Owl nestlings loudly let their parents know how hungry they have become during the day. Mated pairs vocalize to each other for a variety of reasons, including announcing delivery of food for nestlings, as pair-bond reinforcement or as defense of their territory.
About the instructor
Katy Duffy has been a licensed bird bander specializing in diurnal raptors, owls, and songbirds for more than 40 years. She has also conducted late winter – spring surveys for advertising male forest owls in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks for 23 years. She has counted diurnal raptors in Yellowstone National Park during fall migration since 2010. She has given programs and taught classes on diurnal raptors, owls, and other birds of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for more than 20 years.
Katy worked for the National Park Service in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks for 32 years. She was a supervisory resource education ranger in Yellowstone and a ranger-naturalist in Grand Teton. She has a M.S. in ecology from Rutgers University.
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