Migration Report for November 1 to 15 By Kathy Parker After a balmy September and October, fall weather set in on Hallowe’en and we were not able to open the nets at the banding station since October 30th. Due to high winds, the public owling night was postponed from November 2nd to the 3rd. […]
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The first half of October felt more like summer than autumn. The weather has been warm and the leaves on the trees are still green, with just a touch of colour in the woods from the crimson Virginia Creepers. It has been quiet but steady at the banding station with the influx of the birds
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September 16th brought the promise of an exciting fall migration with the arrival of 28 Sharp-shinned Hawks and more than 100 Monarch Butterflies fluttering around the tip of Fish Point, getting ready for their southern journey to the mountains of Mexico. Then the winds changed to the south and it was very quiet at
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Migration Report for the first half of September By Kathy Parker The days are getting shorter and dawn is coming later. The cheerful song of the Carolina Wren can still be heard outside the banding station, but the Yellow-billed Cuckoo no longer serenades us all morning long, although we have seen it skulking around in
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Golden-crowned Kinglet. Photo by Sumiko Onishi October began sedately, with relatively few birds banded. Since the bulk of the warbler migration has already passed through Pelee Island, we entered a fallow period as we waited for the sparrows and kinglets to arrive. These groups (along with Hermit Thrushes, which are the last of the Catharus
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Canada Geese and goslings. Photo by Sachi Schott As the season has moved steadily forwards, it has brought more changes to the netting area at Fish Point. More leaves have come out on the trees, making it more difficult to spot warblers as they forage in the high branches. The flowers along the trail have
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The overcast and unsettled weather from the end of April continued into the beginning of May, severely curtailing PIBO’s mist netting efforts. The wind, meanwhile, seemed to come from every direction but south, creating challenging conditions for the migratory songbirds. The arrival of warbler species such as the Magnolia and Chestnut-Sided Warbler seemed to be
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The overcast and rainy weather from the end of September continued into the first few days of October, accompanied by south and south-east winds. Scattered showers made it difficult for the nets to be opened for the whole 6-hour banding period and few birds were captured. Some birds were still moving through, though: large
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A steady decline in the amount of bird activity in the netting area at Fish Point in the last two weeks of October was accompanied by a big increase of diurnal migration activity overhead. The totals will continue to build in November, but the last ten days of October was a good precursor, with tens-of-thousands
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Yellow-Rumped Warbler by Sumiko Onishi The first two weeks of October at Fish Point were a study in contrasts, with some of the largest numbers of migrants ever recorded at the site moving through the area from the 1st – 8 th , followed by a significant drop-off during the second week of October. Though
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