The female Cooper's had a wing length of 255.0mm, while the Sharpie 's wing was 163.5mm. But, the difference in size is more accurately reflected in their body masses, 507.1g vs. 99.1g, making the Cooper's female a whopping five times larger than the male Sharpie! Band size-wise, the COHA received a size 5 lock-on band, while the SSHA got a conventional size 2 band (same as a Blue Jay).
As if the usual photographic attention supplied by
the authors of this website weren't enough,
the "celebrity" owl had to endure extra attention
from our visiting banding paparazzi!
It was even made to do a "location" shoot (in front
of the cosmos bed lining the front of banding lab)
in a shameless attempt to catch the attention of a
Birds
and Blooms field editor!
Of course, everyone wanted to have their picture taken
with the owl!
Powdermill's resident redheaded Bander-in-Charge, Adrienne Leppold
From Left to Right: Sandy Polcyn, Jennifer Hanley,
Jennifer Maxwell (holding the Eastern Screech Owl), and Margaret Fritze