A news or blog update by PIBO staff.
PIBO’s 11th autumn migration monitoring season wrapped up on November 15th after 107 mornings of consecutive coverage from August 1st. Two full-time staff and nine interns/volunteers logged 1016 field-hours at Fish Point and documented 171 species and forms (ten-year average 173). A total of 2027 birds of 62 species was captured in 2900 net-hours, for […]
PIBO Migration Summary (Nov 1 – 15, 2013) Read More »
Since 2010, as part of our education mandate, PIBO has delivered in-class presentations to schools in Southern Ontario thanks to funding support from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resource’s Species at Risk Stewardship Fund and TD Friends of the Environment. Even with this generous support, however, travel costs have made it difficult to reach schools
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It was an active ten days from the 21st – 31st and lots late-fall migrants appeared in good numbers throughout most of the summary period. Songbird diversity was low compared to earlier in the month, but waterfowl numbers picked up including fall ‘firsts’ for Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Hooded Merganser, and Black Scoter. Smaller numbers of
PIBO Migration Summary (Oct 21 – 31, 2013) Read More »
Migration activity picked up considerably from October 11th – 15th then tapered off towards the end of the summary period. Lots of kinglets, Winter Wrens, Hermit Thrushes, yellow-rumps, white-throats and juncos, were recorded along with a nice variety of other late-fall migrants, including six fall ‘firsts’. In all, 437 birds were banded in 361 net-hours
PIBO Migration Summary (Oct 11 – 20, 2013) Read More »
It was another productive but generally low-key ten days of migration activity at the Point. Lots of birds moved through the area but no significant ‘fall outs’ were recorded, which is unusual for early October. Eight fall ‘firsts’ were noted including Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red-headed Woodpecker, Hermit Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pine Warbler, and Scarlet Tanager.
PIBO Migration Summary (Oct 1 – 10, 2013) Read More »
Now that leaves are falling, everyone seems to be talking about all things Autumn. Many would be surprised to know that for us at PIBO, “Fall” started August 1st! That’s when our Fall migration monitoring season officially began, as we started up the daily census once again. Since then, we’ve begun our daily banding operation
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PIBO’s fall migration coverage season reached the halfway point on September 23rd, which coincided with the most active morning of the autumn to date. Sixty-four species were noted that day during the standard count period and 71 birds of eighteen species were banded. There were a number of other fairly active mornings from the 21st
PIBO Migration Summary (Sept 21 – 30, 2013) Read More »
There was some migration activity during the summary period but numbers were generally low and species diversity was down for mid-September. Daily species’ counts at the station often reach 60-75 in September, compared to a high this year of 52 from the 11th – 20th, on September 17th. Seven fall ‘firsts’ were recorded during the
PIBO Migration Summary (Sept 11 – 20, 2013) Read More »
Migration activity was fairly steady from September 1st – 10th and there were quite a few birds around on the 5th and 6th. Thrushes were active, with 28 birds captured on the 6th – 16 Swainson’s, 6 Gray-cheeked, 5 Veerys, and a Wood Thrush – along with 17 warbler species observed on the 5th. Ten
PIBO Migration Summary (Sept 1 – 10, 2013) Read More »
Students from Ecole Secondaire L’Essor stop by the beach during a visit to PIBO This fall marks the fourth year of our in-class education programming, and we are looking forward to once again connecting with students in Essex County and beyond. Our in-class presentations use local examples to cover many topics that are found in
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