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Click on bird names that are links to see pictures of birds banded! October 2000:
Oct 31: A Pine Siskin was heard today.
Oct 30: An Ovenbird hanging out with some White-throated Sparrows was a new late date.
Oct 29: Captured our first American Tree Sparrow today.
Banding results 22 to 26 October: 4 days, 189 birds (172 new, 17 recaps) of 22 species. Oct 25: A Red-breasted Merganser at Greenfield Village today was the first Dearborn record in 5 years. American Woodcocks have been heard every morning on campus for the last week. An Orange-crowned Warbler banded today was a new late date. Fox Sparrows are increasing in number. We have also seen a marked increase in cardinals lately; today we banded a male that was rather startling colored.
Oct 22: Nice variety of birds today, but heavy on the kinglets and Hermit Thrushes. A single Swainson's Thrush was getting late. Our 2nd Eastern Phoebe and Winter Wren of the season were nice to see. An adult Bald Eagle was seen near Oakwood and the Southfield Fwy. We recently banded a White-throated Sparrow with orange rather than yellow lores.
Oct 19: A House Wren banded today ties the late date. Two Purple Finches were the first for fall.
Banding results 16 to 19 October: 5 days, 293 birds (267 new, 26 recaps) of 26 species. Oct 18: A young Clay-colored Sparrow was the highlight of a busy day; this is only the second we have banded. After a week's lull, we caught 3 more Orange-crowed Warblers.
Oct 16: A Common Nighthawk in west Dearborn is a new late date. Our first Fox Sparrow was netted today, along with a late Indigo Bunting. Another saw-whet owl was banded on Saturday night.
Banding results 8 to 14 October: 6 days, 257 birds (231 new, 27 recaps) of 30 species. Oct 14: Had our first two Northern Saw-whet Owls banded last night. For more information on this banding program, see the link on the front page of the web site. We're still catching Nashville Warblers, and today we also had an Eastern Phoebe. A House Wren at Greenfield Village is getting late.
Oct 11: A Chestnut-sided Warbler banded today was a new late date.
Oct 10: Lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets and various sparrows around. Today was our first day banding over 10 White-throated Sparrows. We also had one of the most popular birds amongst the banders, a Red-breasted Nuthatch. Nicest bird yesterday was a beautiful Blue-headed Vireo.
Oct 8: It's robin time, but when we aren't battling them we are still getting Orange-crowned, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Today we had an unusual Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a juvenile bird with only a few orange crown feathers.
Banding results 1 to 6 Ocotber: 3.5 days, 159 birds (140 new, 19 recaps) of 38 species. Oct 3: We had a delivery overnight, consisting mainly of lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers (we banded 14), Palm Warblers, and Song Sparrows. Several other sparrow species were also banded today, for a total of 60 birds, 30 of which were warblers.
Oct 2: The season's first Orange-crowned Warblers arrived today, along with a late Indigo Bunting, and a very late, very dull Cape May Warbler.
News from Holiday Beach in Ontario is that the Sharp-shinned Hawk we netted yesterday was indeed one of their birds banded earlier this fall! I'll pass on the exact date when I get the info.
Oct 1: Dark-eyed Junoes arrived several days ago, but we've yet to catch any. The first Hermit Thrushes of the season were banded today. The highlight of the morning banding was a juvenile female Sharp-shinned Hawk that wore someone else's band! As soon as we track it down, we'll post the information.
Last month's sightings. More Archived sightings are listed below
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