Most birds who migrate north of the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory to the tundra have already left and taken with them the peak of overall avian diversity for the year. Yet the nets still have some surprises for us including the 35th ever (but ninth of spring) Connecticut Warbler and our fourth ever (second… Read more »
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While this Ruffed Grouse may have been the last bird captured during Fall Migration Monitoring, it was not the last bird banded since we cannot band these non-migratory Albertan gamebirds. To find out who got our last fall band, check out our fall summary: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/september-26-october-3-2024/
Thank to the LSLBO banders for sharing their world (and their beautiful owls) with our Owl Night visitors. They are our favourite programs of the year! ❤️
It has been a busy owl season and we are even catching them in our Fall Migration Monitoring nets! Thank you to our banders who carefully extracted this Northern Saw-whet owl and its breakfast vole. If you have ever wondered what these tiny owls eat, it looks like "alot"! ![]()
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Check out how our Fall Owl Migration Monitoring season is going so far in the latest LSLBO weekly report.![]()
www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/september-19-25-2024/