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.
This is a moment akin to something you might expect to find in The Jungle Book except instead of a jungle, it's Wyoming. And, instead of monkeys, it's magpies and moose. It's the moment when a magpie just maybe saved the life of his/her moose friend.
Have you, your child or your vehicle, ever been attacked or violated by the wild turkeys or geese that occupy our fair city? Take the poll and sound off here.