The unusual and exciting captures of our Fall Migration Monitoring program continued for the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory with our tenth ever Red-winged Blackbird, despite periods of poor weather and often subdued bird activity. Thanks to this lull we are able to summarize our Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program, which completed on… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Swainson’s Thrush
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 »
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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/