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October 1999:
31 Oct: Jim Fowler found an adult male Merlin at Greenfield Village today.
29 Oct: A Pine Siskin was banded yesterday, and a N. Saw-whet Owl was found dead at Greenfield Village. An American Coot was on the concrete channel of the Rouge. The fifth N. Saw-whet Owl was banded tonight, along with an Eastern Screech-Owl.

Banding results 25 to 29 October: 5 days, 152 birds (134 new, 28 recaptures) of 19 species. Highlights were Common Redpoll, Pine Siskin, and four N. Saw-whet Owls.

27 Oct: Another N. Saw-whet Owl was banded last night. The banders also heard a flock of Tundra Swans flying over in the night. Tthe winter finch of the day was a Common Redpoll, the first ever banded by RRBO and our 75th species of the season. At least one other redpoll was flitting around. Two more Fox Sparrows banded today brings our season total to 15. Today we also surpassed our fall record for new birds banded, which was at 1344. With a week to go we're aiming for 1500.
26 Oct: Two Tundra Swans flew over campus, and some Pine Siskins were heard near the banding area.
25 Oct: Three Northern Saw-whet Owls were banded last night. Click here for more on this project. Today a very late Black-throated Blue Warbler was banded.
22 Oct: A Red-shouldered Hawk was seen flying over campus.

Banding results 18 to 21 October: 4 days, 237 birds (215 new, 22 recaptures) of 26 species. Highlights were Brown Thrasher, Field Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Purple Finch, Red-breasted Nutchatch, lots of Fox Sparrows.

21 Oct: A spectacular flight of American Robins took place this morning. In the half-hour after dawn, we estimated over 1,000 flew over the front of campus flying west (their usual direction in post-dawn flights). This was undoubtedly a small fraction of the robins that took off from the wooded Natural Area at the rear of campus.

Banding results 11 to 15 October: 5 days, 227 birds (206 new, 21 recaptures) of 25 species. Highlight was definately a Marsh Wren!

14 Oct: Today we banded several American Tree Sparrows, first for fall and our only Eastern Towhee of the season.
11 Oct: A big surprise today in the nets was a Marsh Wren, only the second recorded for our area and the first ever banded by RRBO.

Banding results 4 to 8 October: 5 days, 148 birds (115 new, 33 recaptures) of 23 species.

8 Oct: A Purple Finch was banded.
7 Oct: An Orange-crowned Warbler, traditionally a late migrant, was banded today.
5 Oct: The first Dark-eyed Juncos were around today, as well as the first Fox Sparrow.

Banding results 27 September to 1 October: 4 days, 102 birds (86 new, 16 recaptures) of 26 species. Highlights were Blue-headed Vireo, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Bunting.

1 Oct: A really nice selection at the nets today, including two Scarlet Tanagers, a Blue-headed Vireo, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, all species rarely banded in the fall. Our first Hermit Thrush was also banded.
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