Barn Owls in Loveland
Scott Rashid, owl researcher, holds a female barn owl that he banded in June on Saturday, July 22, 2017, before he placed a band on the leg of her four-week-old owllet. The wild owls nested in one of several boxes his nonprofit, Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute, has placed in the region, this one in Loveland. (Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)
A four-week-old barn owl makes a hissing noise as bird expert Scott Rashin prepares to place a band on the young owl's leg to track its movements on Sautrday, July 22, 2017, on a Loveland open space. Rashid's nonprofit, Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute, wants to track the birds to study where they go and how long they live. ( Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Scott Rashid, founder of Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute in Estes Park, displays bands that he and colleagues place on the legs of barn owls to help study their movements. He was preparing to band a baby barn owl born in a nesting box on a Loveland open space. (Pamela Johnson / Loveland Reporter-Herald)