With a few busy days scattered amongst those with poor weather which were predictably slower, this week at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory we’ve banded 557 birds, bringing our total for the fall to 2718 of 52 species. Capturing birds involves more finesse than one might expect. The location of the mist-nets is important…. Read more »
Posts Tagged: Fall Migration Monitoring
August 13 -19, 2020
The LSLBO has been busy. Although we monitor bird activity daily rain or shine, we can only open the nets we use to capture birds when the weather is calm and warm, which we experienced with this latest glimpse of summer. With good netting coverage, we have banded 511 birds this week, bringing our fall… 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 »
July 23 – 29, 2020
by Laura Brandon, Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory Although many of us are just starting our summer vacations, birds are already on the move during the third week of fall migration monitoring. In total, we’ve banded 826 birds from 34 species so far this season, the majority of which have been Tennessee warblers and yellow… Read more »
September 20-26, 2019
It has certainly slowed down for the LSLBO this week. Although migration gets to be quiet this time of year, I suspect the weather has had a major influence. The high winds have hampered migration activity and have kept our nets closed for 67% of this week’s monitoring period. The only big movement recorded was… Read more »
September 13-19, 2019
It has been yet another unusually busy week of Fall Migration Monitoring for the LSLBO with 264 birds banded. This brings our fall banding total to 3563, officially making this the busiest fall season in our 26 years of monitoring with over a week left to go! The former busiest fall season was in 2002… Read more »
September 6-12, 2019
Pictured: The first Fox Sparrow banded for 2019 Fall Migration Monitoring. Fall Migration Monitoring continues to keep us unusually busy. Across our past 25 years of monitoring, we band an average of 480 songbirds over the course of September. Yet this year we have banded 706 birds since September began. With over two weeks left… Read more »
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May is Birdathon month, so help support the two teams raising funds for the bird conservation programs at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. These Birdathon teams will be trying to find as many bird species as they can in 24 hours to earn donations for the LSLBO, as well as earn the birding bragging rights for another year. Donations are tax deductible with 75% going directly to the LSLBO, and the other 25% supporting Birds Canada conservation programs across Canada.![]()
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If the weather is good, they will be heading out on Wednesday, May 20th. We promise to update you on how they make out. Good luck teams and thank you everyone for your support! ![]()
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You can find the donation links for both of these awesome teams below: ![]()
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Team Tanager - LSLBO field staff (Robyn, Bronwyn, Julia) and local member/team captain - Wayne Bowles. ![]()
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/Birds_Canada/p2p/birdathon26/team/lesser-slave-lake-bird-observa...![]()
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Team Birders in the Park - retired LSLBO banders Richard and Nicole Krikun![]()
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/Birds_Canada/p2p/birdathon26/team/lesser-slave-lake-bird-observa...
Despite all this snow, the songbirds are already starting to arrive. So help us celebrate spring migration at our 29th Annual Songbird Festival taking place on May 23 & 24. For all the latest program information and updates, you can visit our Songbird Festival website. ![]()
www.lslbo.org/education/songbird-festival/