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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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
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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
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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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Although migrants continued to move through the area in good numbers from October 1st – 10th, activity was somewhat low-key for the start of October compared to previous years. In all, 82 species were recorded in the official count area and 300 birds of twenty-seven species were banded in 350 net-hours, for an average capture-rate
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