On September 30 we wrapped up the busiest Fall Migration Monitoring season in the LSLBO’s 26 years – at least in terms of banding. The unofficial season-end total came in at 3739 birds banded, beating the previous record set in 2002 of 3496 birds. This year also tied for the most diverse fall banding season… Read more »
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Although our songbirds are captivatingly beautiful, they are hosts to creepy-crawlies that are distinctly, well, less so. Learn more: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/june-23-29-2022/
This Swainson's Thrush captured yesterday in our MAPS site, RESI, was initially banded in the same site back in 2017. He is estimated to be over six years old and was captured in 2019 and 2021 too. To learn about adaptations of breeding birds and our recent MAPS results, see: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/june-16-22-2022/
Signs of breeding are plentiful and nests, like this Ruffed Grouse's, are starting to be scattered everywhere. Just in time for us to wrap up our Spring Migration Monitoring program and begin another program focused on these locally breeding birds. To learn more about how one program went and the other is starting check out: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/june-9-15-2022/