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Rouge River Bird Observatory |
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August 1999:31 August: The first Black-throated Blue Warbler was banded today. Good numbers of American Redstarts, Blackpoll Warblers, and Swainson's Thrushes were around, too.
30 August: An Ovenbird banded today was the first for fall.
Banding results 23 to 27 August: 3 days, 67 birds (53 new, 14 recaptures) of 14 species. 27 August: Back at the nets today after getting rained out; things were a little slow except for catching the season's first Veery and seeing an early Blackpoll Warbler.
24 August: An American Redstart banded today was the first for fall.
22 August: An Osprey was along the Rouge River channel at Greenfield, and a Nashville Warbler was a new migrant.
Banding results 16 to 20 August: 4 days, 86 birds (73 new, 13 recaptures) of 21 species. Highlights include 6 species of warblers and a recetnly fledged Brown Creeper. 20 August: The cool front ushered in a ton of birds this morning -- like a good spring fallout in terms of numbers and variety. Just a brief look just in the banding area there were many Chestnut-sided, Black-and-white, and Magnolia Warblers, along with Black-throated Green (new early), Blackburnian (several, one singing!), Canada, Bay-breasted (new early), and Wilson's (new early). A Red-breasted Nuthatch was also heard. The most interesting capture today was a Brown Creeper very recently fledged. They have nested in our area the last couple years, and this almost certainly was a local youngster.
18 August: New arrivals included banded Swainson's Thrush, an observed Magnolia Warbler, and a heard Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Today and yesterday a Red-breasted Nuthatch was heard on campus, and today another was heard in the Craves yard.
16 August: Fall banding kicked off today with 37 birds of 10 species, mostly locally breeding birds. Migrants included a Chestnut-sided Warbler (new early fall date by a day) and "Traill's" Flycatcher. Other migrants seen today were an early Northern Waterthrush and a Red-breasted Nuthatch. The nuthatch was a week earlier than Dearborn's earliest fall date; two were also banded at Holiday Beach, Ontario yesterday, so be prepared for a nice flight of these cuties this fall.
