As we enter September, fall migratory movement has been very slow, the bulk of which has been Myrtle Warblers in foraging flocks and occasionally landing in our nets. Yet this past week a rare and exciting capture was made: the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory’s second ever Belted Kingfisher—and first ever female. The last Belted… Read more »
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It's that time of year again where we become night owls to capture these little owls! We have been running our owl migration monitoring program for two weeks now and it has been off to a slow start with half as many captures as this time last year. Read more: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/september-7-13-2023/
It's not every day we are lucky enough to catch a Belted Kingfisher - in fact it has only happened twice in 30 years! Read more: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/august-31-september-6-2023/
There has been a shake up in our most frequently banded species and Myrtle Warblers are now number one! We will only see a few stranglers of most of our warbler species in early September except for Myrtles and Orange-crowned who are the last to leave. Read more: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/august-24-30-2023/