Southward songbird migration is well underway at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. Though the sky is relatively quiet, the nets are getting busier such that July 27 captured 141 birds to become the busiest day of captures so far this fall monitoring period. Since migration began, the nets have been busier than average overall,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: American Redstart
May 12 – 18, 2022
This week has been unusually slow and quiet for the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. Many of the species which breed north of us and migrate early in the spring have already moved on with only a few stragglers left. However, many of the later migrants have yet to arrive. Most years, this week is… Read more »
July 29 – Aug 5, 2020
By Sachiko Schott LSLBO Assistant Bander At migration monitoring stations like the LSLBO, birds that are captured are tallied in one of two categories each day: birds that were banded, and birds that were recaptured. A banded bird is a one that is captured and banded that day, while recaptured birds are those that are… Read more »
June 6-13, 2019
On June 10, our Spring Migration Monitoring program was wrapped up for the 2019 season. Since the Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park was closed from May 31 to June 4 and the station could not be safely operated, it is difficult to say how successful our monitoring efforts were. It is unclear how, if at… Read more »
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Which black-capped bird do you prefer: the razzle dazzle of a Wilson's Warbler or the understated elegance of a Gray Catbird? Both of these species were special captures for us this week. To learn more: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/june-1-7-2023/
One of these birds was recaptured this week 9 years after it was banded and the other was banded by us and recaptured near Sherwood Park. To figure out which is which: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/may-25-31-2023/![]()
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To see our new, interactive map of all our reencounters: www.lslbo.org/lab/encounter-map/