Project Owlnet is an international effort meant to monitor populations of the northern saw-whet owl. PA’s smallest owl, northern saw-whet owls are no larger than a can of soda when fully grown. Second-year students in the Wildlife Technology program have taken part by capturing and banding these owls during their fall migration since 2001. The station (which only runs a few weeks per year) has faced many challenges including a location change, bad weather, poor migration years, and handling public visitors. Despite this, students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the program look forward to this period every year. Nothing beats having an owl in your hand! This talk will address some of the highlights of banding saw-whet owls and how you can participate!


Keely Tolley Roen is an Associate Teaching Professor of and Program Coordinator for Wildlife Technology where she has been for 20 years. She is a wildlife ecologist by training and serves on the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society. She earned her B.A. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and my M.S. in Ecology from Penn State. Her main research interest is foraging (feeding) behavior and how different habitats and different species impact how animals find and eat their food. Before joining the Wildlife Technology Department, she worked on the field, laboratory, and office side of natural resource management as an environmental consultant, a laboratory technician, and as a data specialist for the National Park Service.

She enjoys kayaking, hiking, reading, bird watching, fishing, and scary movies. Her husband Garrett is the PSU DuBois campus registrar and they share three wonderful children.

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