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 start of this 2- week period seemed more like summer than fall with green leaves on the trees and warm temperatures. The forest floor had a beautiful carpet of fallen leaves in reds, oranges, and golds. On the 16th it was very windy and a jaeger (closely related to gulls) was seen on the
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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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Red- Shouldered Hawk by Sumiko Onishi The second half of October was quiet, with few birds banded. With the unseasonably warm fall weather and persistent south winds, birds seem to be rather slower to migrate than in previous years. Very few ducks and waterfowl have been seen so far and even as late as
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While September 16th was a moderately busy day, with many Swainson’s Thrushes and Grey-cheeked Thrushes heard calling first thing in the morning and a diverse group of warbler species seen in the netting area, the 17th saw Pelee Island drenched by thunderstorms. Sumiko braved the elements to conduct the daily census, and saw only three
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Assorted water birds at Fish Point Photo: Garth Casbourn The days are getting longer, and the mornings ever earlier, while all the woods expand. Though we are still a week and a half from the solstice, we’ve been experiencing some very warm and muggy weather, and occasional thunder showers, small harbingers of the electrical perturbations
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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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Warbling Vireo by Sumiko Onishi It was a busy and enjoyable two weeks at Fish Point from September 1st – 15th despite seven days of southerly winds at the start of the summary period. New arrivals were noted throughout the first week and there was even a small fallout on the 3rd when 57 species
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Migration activity at Fish Point from August 16th – 31st followed a typical pattern for this time of year, with new arrivals showing up almost daily, along with increased numbers of species already present in the area. Thirty-two fall ‘firsts’ were noted over sixteen days, including seventeen warbler species, which brought the total for PIBO’s
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