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September 2003:29 Sep: Our first Winter Wren was found on a survey today, and a Blue-headed Vireo was banded (a treat!). A lingering Northern Parula was found today, and this was a new late date for Blackburnian Warbler. A Rusty Blackbird was found with a school group along the lake.
26 Sep: Finally, Yellow-rumped Warblers are here. A Marsh Wren in the swamp was only the third Dearborn record. A Peregrine Falcon buzzed the birds on the front lawn of Ford World Headquarters. What will probably be the last Common Nighthawk of fall passed over west Dearborn this evening.
24 Sep: Ruby-crowned Kinglets have arrived.
21 Sep: We banded our first Gray-cheeked Thrushes today; one was very small and we tried to make it into a Bicknell's Thrush without success. Orange-crowned Warbler was also a new migrant. A Connecticut Warbler was heard near the banding nets, but didn't get caught.
20 Sep: A Connecticut Warbler was seen by Fairlane Lake. Four Northern Rough-winged Swallows along the Rouge River channel were a little late.
16 Sep: The weather front of yesterday brought in some new migrants. We banded a beautiful male Golden-winged Warbler, nearly the late date for this species of which we see only a few in fall. A very late Eastern Kingbird was also banded.
9 Sep: The flood of migrants of the past few days dwindled today. A Philadelphia Vireo was a new arrival.
8 Sep: An Eastern Kingbird banded today is a tardy migrant, as most clear out by the end of August.
7 Sep: Things were really hopping today. Bay-breasted Warblers arrived -- the last of the spruce budworm specialists (others = Cape May, Tennessee, Blackpoll warblers), all of which we are seeing in good numbers. A Lincoln's Sparrow banded today is a new early date.
5 Sep: Nice variety of warblers here today, including a new early date for Northern Parula.
4 Sep: New arrivals today included Cape May Warbler and Palm Warbler.
2 Sep: Eleven species of warbler here today, including the season's first Blue-winged, Mourning, Black-throated Green, and Black-throated Blue. The first Veery was also banded.
August 2003:
31 Aug: A Red-breasted Nuthatch was in east Dearborn today.
29 Aug: Chestnut-sided Warblers hit the nets today.
28 Aug: The first Blackpoll Warbler and Nashville Warbler of the season were banded today.
27 Aug: Swainson's Thrushes arrived today.
25 Aug: A substantial influx of migrants today, with these species banded: Tennessee, Magnolia, Yellow, and Wilson's Warblers, Ovenbird, and American Redstart.
24 Aug:A Lesser Yellowlegs was on the concrete channel of the Rouge River today.
21 Aug: The first Black-and-white Warbler and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher were banded today. A Blackburian Warbler was in east Dearborn.
20 Aug: A Tennessee Warbler was banded.
18 Aug: An Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush were among the birds banded today. A Tennessee Warbler was seen.
8 Aug: Four Caspian Terns were at the Ford ponds at Beech and Oakwood.
1 Aug: A Caspian Tern on the Rouge River channel is early for fall.
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