May 16th was PIBO’s busiest day this season, with 95 birds banded of 20 species. The banding totals showed a definite influx of Chestnut-Sided Warblers (18 banded) and Northern Parulas (7 banded, which is equal to PIBO’s previous highest total of Northern Parulas banded in an entire year). Since then, though, the number of birds […]
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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 »
It was a productive but generally uneventful wrap-up to the spring coverage season. Migrants were few and far between apart from small numbers of shorebirds, a few flycatchers, Cedar Waxwings, and ones-and-twos of a variety of vireos and warblers. Local breeders made up more than 95% of the birds encountered from the 1st to the
PIBO Migration Summary (June 1 – 10, 2013) Read More »
Migration activity was steady throughout the first half of the summary period and species diversity remained high, but numbers started to taper off after the 28th. It was fairly quiet after that apart from some shorebird activity and small numbers of migrant flycatchers, vireos, and a few lingering warblers. May 21st turned out to be
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