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Banding totals for August: 236 birds plus 57 recaps. 39 species; highlights were 14 species of warbler, including Cape May and Mourning; Eastern Kingbird; Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes; and Veery. 31 August: Today we banded our first Gray-cheeked Thrush, a new early date for us by 5 days. We also had our first Black-throated Blue and Blackpoll Warblers, and Ovenbird. A Peregrine Falcon was spotted just south of campus this morning.
30 August: The first fall Least Flycatcher was banded today.
28 August: A Mourning Warbler was banded today, as were 3 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers. We typically catch 3 or 4 Yellow-bellies each fall, but have had none the last two years.
27 August: A Cape May Warbler was banded today, along with the first Tennesee Warblers of fall.
26 August: In the drizzle a few new migrants were recorded: Chestnut-sided and Black-and-white Warbler, and Ovenbird.
24 August: The season's first Red-breasted Nuthatch was heard today. A Red-eyed Vireo was recaptured; it was originally banded as a hatching-year bird last year...on August 24!
23 August: More new migrants banded today: Canada Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart, Wilson's Warbler, and Magnolia Warbler.
22 August: Blackburnian Warbler was seen today, along with a Blue-winged Warbler. We have few fall records for Blue-wings, and this was an early date.
21 August: A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was heard today. Migrants banded were Veery, Swaison's Thrush, Nashville Warbler, Willow/Alder Flycatcher, and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. The thrush and the warbler were ahead of most of their kind (although not early dates); they were heavily molting adults. This is typical of the earliest arrivals of these two species, as well as Tennesee Warbler.
We got a report of one of our American Robins being found dead, this one in Detroit. That's not very unusual -- I've had 14 reports of our robins being found elsewhere. What was interesting was that this bird was one of 21 robins banded last 16 October. Another one of those robins was also reported to us as being found dead in Mississippi last April! What are the odds of two robins banded the same day being recovered, out of the 1200+ we've banded?
19 August: An early Veery was in west Dearborn today.
11 August:A Caspian Tern has been hanging out around the ponds on Ford property off Village Road.
Last month's sightings. More Archived sightings are listed below
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Archived sightings
