Research Summaries
The PIBO Field Supervisors and their assistants have diligently reported on their Pelee Island bird surveys, censuses, and monitoring for more than a decade, amassing a vital and fascinating store of data on the birds that breed on Pelee Island (Breeding Bird Summary) and those that make the island a stopover on their migration to and from their wintering grounds in the south (Migration Summary). The Migration Summaries present the Daily Totals (DTs) for species documented at Fish Point during the daily dawn walk count.
Below you will also find a Banding Summary for 2021. Many of these reports contain unique photographs taken by PIBO staff and volunteers, and details of unusual sightings and species at risk. Rather than dry academic reports with columns of numbers, they are written in the delightfully personal style of those with deep knowledge of nature and birds: “You know spring has come when the canopy sounds like a rusty vehicle about to break down. The blackbirds are in!”
Carolina Wren | Photo by Alessandra Wilcox.
2021
- Bird Banding Summary April 19th (PDF)
- Fish Point Census Report April 16-30th (PDF)
- April and May Migration Summaries, 2021 (PDF)
- Breeding Bird Summary 2021 (PDF)
- Breeding Bird & Banding Summary June 30 (PDF)
- Breeding Bird and Banding Summary July 16 (PDF)
- Migration Summary August 5th-14th (PDF)
- Migration Summary August 15th-31st (PDF)
- Migration Summary September 1st-15th (PDF)
Ovenbird | Photo by Paul Jones
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Photo by Paul Jones
Barred Owl | Photo by Paul Jones
Northern Goshawk | Photo by Paul Jones
Cape May Warbler | Photo by Paul Jones
Female Wood Duck | Photo by Paul Jones
Scarlet Tanager | Photo by Paul Jones
Warbling vireo | Photo by Paul Jones
2013
- April 1st-10th (PDF)
- Apr 11th–20th (PDF)
- Apr 21st–30th (PDF)
- May 1st-10th (PDF)
- May 11th–20th (PDF)
- May 21st–31st (PDF)
- Jun 1st-10th (PDF)
- Aug 1st–10th (PDF)
- Aug 11th–20th (PDF)
- Aug 21st–31st (PDF)
- Sept 1st–10th (PDF)
- Sept 11th–20th (PDF)
- Sept 21st–30th (PDF)
- Oct 1st–10th (PDF)
- Oct 11th–20th (PDF)
- Oct 21st–31st (PDF)
- Nov 1st–15th (PDF)
Yellow rumped warbler | Photo by Paul Jones
2012
- Apr 4th–15th (PDF)*
- Apr 16th–22nd (PDF)*
- Apr 24th–30th (PDF)*
- May 1st–10th (PDF)*
- May 11th–20th (PDF)*
- May 21st–31th (PDF)*
- Jun 1st–10th (PDF)*
- Aug 1st–10th (PDF)
- Aug 11th–20th (PDF)
- Aug 21st–31st (PDF)
- Sept 1st–10th (PDF)
- Sept 11th–20th (PDF)
- Sept 21st–30th (PDF)
- Oct 1st–10th (PDF)
- Oct 11th–20th (PDF)
- Oct 21st–31st (PDF)
- Nov 1st–15th (PDF)
Purple Finch | Photo by Paul Jones
2011
- Apr 4th–15th (PDF)*
- Apr 16th–30th (PDF)*
- Aug 1st–10th (PDF)*
- Aug 11th–20th (PDF)*
- Aug 21st–31st (PDF)*
- Sep 1st–20th (PDF)*
- Sep 21st–30th (PDF)*
- Oct 1st–10th (PDF)*
- Oct 11th–20th (PDF)*
- Oct 21st–31st (PDF)*
- Nov 1st–15th (PDF)*
- Fall Migration Summary
Dunlin | Photo by Paul Jones
2010
- Apr 2nd–Apr 10th (PDF)
- Apr 10th–Apr 19th (PDF)
- Apr 20th–Apr 30th (PDF)
- May 1st–May 10th (PDF)
- May 11th–May 20th (PDF)
- May 21st–May 31st (PDF)
- Aug 1st–10th (PDF)
- Aug 11th–20th (PDF)
- Aug 21st–31st (PDF)
- Sep 1st–10th (PDF)
- Sep 11th–20th (PDF)
- Sep 21st–30th (PDF)
- Oct 1st–10th (PDF)
- Oct 11th–20th (PDF)
- Oct 21st–31st (PDF)
- Nov 1st–15th (PDF)
Ruby crowned kinglet | Photo by Paul Jones
Migration Summaries, 2009
May 13th – May 19th, 2009 | HTML version | PDF version
May 6th – May 12th, 2009 | HTML version | PDF version
Apr 29th – May 5th, 2009 | HTML version | PDF version
Apr 22nd – 28th, 2009 | HTML version | PDF version
Apr 15th – 21st, 2009 | HTML version | PDF version
Apr 1st – 14th, 2009 | HTML version | PDF version
Migration Summaries, 2008
Nov 7th – 15th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 31st – Nov 6th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 24th – 30th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 17th – 23rd, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 10th – 16th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 3rd – 9th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 26th – Oct 2nd, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 19th – 25th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 12th – 18th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 5th – 11th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 29th – Sep 4th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 22nd – 28th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 15th – 21st, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 8th – 14th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 1st – 7th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
May 22nd – 28th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
May 15th – 21st, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
May 8th – 14th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
May 1st – 7th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Apr 17th – 23rd, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Apr 10th – 16th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Apr 3rd – 9th, 2008 | HTML version | PDF version
Migration Summaries, 2007
Nov 7th – 15th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 31st – Nov 6th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 24th – 30th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 17th – 23rd, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 10th – 16th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Oct 3rd – 9th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 26th – Oct 2nd, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 19th – 25th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 12th – 18th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Sep 5th – 11th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 29th – Sep 4th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 22nd – 28th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 15th – 21st, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 8th – 14th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
Aug 1st – 7th, 2007 | HTML version | PDF version
