Rouge River Bird Observatory Latest Bird Sightings

Latest Dearborn Birds

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August 1998:

BANDING SUMMARY 26-29 AUGUST:
40 NEW BIRDS, 14 RECAPS , 19 SPECIES IN 14 HOURS.

29 August: Ending a rather dull week of banding, new arrivals in the nets today were Wilson's Warbler, and a new early fall date for Blackpoll Warbler.

28 August: The season's first Black-and-white Warbler was banded today.

26 August: The season's first Veery was banded today.

BANDING SUMMARY 17 - 21 AUGUST:
118 NEW BIRDS, 18 RECAPS , 24 SPECIES IN 19.25 HOURS. 43 GRAY CATBIRDS!

21 August: New arrivals banded today were Nashville Warbler, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Cape May Warbler. This was a new early fall date for the Cape May, a bird that is infrequently banded at RRBO.

20 August: The season's first Ovenbird was banded.

19 August: A male Black-throated Blue Warbler provided a new early fall date for this species.

18 August: New arrivals in the nets were Magnolia, Tennessee, and Chestnut-sided Warblers (new early fall date for this species).

17 August: RRBO kicked off the fall banding season today, banding 42 birds this
AM, including Swainson's Thrush, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, and Canada Warbler.

Also saw a Harvester butterfly near the lake, where there are many alder trees. This species has North America's only carnivorous larva, which feed on wooly aphids that are fairly common on alders.

12 August: Posted summer banding results.

9 August: Two Upland Sandpipers flew over Greenfield Village.

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