Check out PIBO’s new Timeline!
Explore a retrospective summary of PIBO’s remarkable accomplishments from 2002 – 2014 on the new Timeline page.
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PIBO 2014 Year-end Report
PIBO’s extremely thorough annual report for 2014 is available for download as a 36-page PDF file. You can also browse previous annual reports.
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Erie Islands Audubon Christmas Bird Count 2014
The Annual Bird Count was held on December 14, 2014. John Pogacnik is the compiler for the Lake Erie Islands Count Circle which includes the Bass Islands, Kelleys, and Pelee Island. It was the year of the owls! Five species of owls were recorded on the islands that day – great-horned, eastern screech (second highest
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PIBO Migration Summary (Nov 1 – 15, 2014)
November began on a chilly note, with rain turning to sleet during the morning census. Overnight winds from the north brought in hundreds of Red-Breasted Mergansers and several Common Loons, as well as the season’s first Snow Buntings. That evening, PIBO held its third public owling night, and despite strong winds managed to capture an
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PIBO Migration Summary (Oct 16 – 31, 2014)
Golden-Crowned Kinglets and Hermit Thrushes made up the majority of birds banded in the last half of October, with some White-Throated Sparrows thrown in for variety. There were a few busy days in the netting area, with 96 birds banded on October 16th and a few other days where fifty or sixty birds were captured,
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PIBO Migration Summary (Oct 1 – 15, 2014)
Strong winds and overcast skies made for a slow start to the month: some Swainson’s Thrushes, Hermit Thrushes and Grey-Cheeked Thrushes were banded, but not in large numbers. A few warbler species were seen, and several Black-Throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds were banded on occasion. Western Palm Warblers and Myrtle Warblers began to show up
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PIBO Migration Summary (Sep 16 – 30, 2014)
The number of warbler species banded and observed by PIBO dwindled steadily over the second half of the month of September, until by the 30th only a single Magnolia Warbler was banded. Earlier, there were still a few mixed flocks of migrating warblers moving through on September 17th, 19th, and 22nd, including Black-Throated Green Warblers,
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PIBO Migration Summary (Sep 1 – 15, 2014)
The first significant cold front of the fall season has finally arrived, boosting our banding totals and bringing in large numbers of Swainson’s and Grey-Cheeked Thrushes. On our busiest day, September 7th, we banded 87 birds, including 47 Swainson’s and 15 Grey-Cheeked Thrushes. As the season progresses, Grey-Cheeked Thrushes will come to predominate and then
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PIBO Migration Summary (Aug 16 – 31, 2014)
Fall migration continued to be slow during the second half of August as warm south winds discouraged migration. The majority of birds banded continued to be Common Grackles and House Wrens, most likely local birds who were hatched or had nested on the island, but activity began to pick up towards the end of the
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PIBO Migration Summary (Aug 1 – 15, 2014)
PIBO’s fall season began auspiciously on August 1st, when two American White Pelicans were spotted on census, mixed in among the thousands of Double-Crested Cormorants at the tip of Fish Point. These large, distinctive birds breed in the Prairie Provinces and only rarely come as far east as Ontario. PIBO staff returned to Fish Point
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