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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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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Although copious amounts of rain interfered with banding operations over the past fifteen days (anyone thinking of visiting the banding station should be warned, rain boots are absolutely essential!), it has been a busy migration period. Things began to pick up on May 5th after the previous night’s thunderstorms pushed through a large group of
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Low temperatures and persistent north winds made for a slow start to the bird banding season at PIBO. Mist nest were set up on the 16th and banding began the next day with 9 birds captured of 6 species, including White-Throated Sparrows, American Robins and Northern Cardinals. The most common birds captured have been Red-Winged
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PIBO’s 12th spring migration monitoring campaign got underway on April 1st under partially cloudy skies and with light winds from the south. Although it was a mild eleven degrees, evidence of the winter weather was all around, with the lake mostly frozen and with large snow banks still covering the east and west shores. Despite
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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