The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory contains breeding territory of five species of woodpeckers: Hairy, Downy, Pileated, American Three-toed, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. While we see plenty of them during their migrations (yes, some woodpeckers migrate like songbirds), Yellow-shafted Flickers rarely set up breeding territories near our sites. Indeed, prior to this year, we had never… Read more »
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Weekly Banding Reports
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6 days ago
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/
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2 weeks ago
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/
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3 weeks ago
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/
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