Rouge River Bird Observatory Latest Bird Sightings

Latest Dearborn Birds

September 1998:

28 Sept: A Rusty Blackbird not only sets a new early fall date for the species, is the first of its kind banded by RRBO, but is also our 10,000th bird banded on campus!

BANDING SUMMARY : 20 to 24 September:
106 NEW BIRDS, 41 RECAPS , 27 SPECIES IN 25.5 HOURS. Late migration birds arriving: Hermit Thrushes, White-throated Sparrows, Yellow-rumped Warblers, kinglets. Still getting Blackpolls!

23 Sept: Hermit Thrushes arrived today, along witht the first Brown Creeper.

22 Sept: Golden-crowned Kinglets arrived in numbers today, several days earlier than the previous early date. An Osprey was seen at Greenfield Village.

19 Sept: A Lincoln's Sparrow was seen at the city brush dump.

BANDING SUMMARY : 13 to 17 September:
127 NEW BIRDS, 62 RECAPS , 33 SPECIES IN 22.5 HOURS. Highlights were 15 species of warbler; good numbers of recaptured migrants gaining weight.

19 Sept: The first Greater Yellowlegs was along the channel today.

17 Sept: We had two new arrivals today: Ruby-crowned Kinglet and White-crowned Sparrow. Both were new early fall arrival dates by several days.

15 Sept: We banded our second fall Connecticut Warbler today; while it was in the bag I had very nice looks at another Connecticut prancing near one of our nets. We also had our season's first Blue-headed Vireo.

BANDING SUMMARY : 8 to 12 September:
193 NEW BIRDS, 31 RECAPS , 18 SPECIES IN 22.5 HOURS. Highlights were 20 Blackpoll Warblers. and 91 Swainson's Thrushes.

12 Sept: Banded our season first Yellow-rumped Warbler and Philadelphia Vireo. I predicted the vireo as our day began, and even knew which net it would be in. In fall migration, this species is remarkably predicatable, with a typical migration window of 12-15 September! And we often catch them all in one day in the same net! Why this particular net -- surrounded by other nets and similar vegetation as the others -- is the hot spot for Philadelphia Vireos is a mystery.

10 Sept: The surprise bird of the day was an early White-throated Sparrow. Our previous early date was 13 Sept. Later, I found 2 more! Yikes! Even more startling was the Dark-eyed Junco in my yard...beating the earliest fall arrival date by 12 days.

We've now banded 120 Swainson's Thrushes this season, and remarkably enough that's more than the 93 catbirds we've had so far!

BANDING SUMMARY : 1 to 5 September:
136 NEW BIRDS, 27 RECAPS , 28 SPECIES IN 26 HOURS. Highlights were 14 species of warbler, including Connecticut Warbler and good numbers of Blackpoll Warblers. Swainson's Thrushes very abundant!

4 Sept: Palm Warbler was a new arrival today. I also caught a Red Bat in the nets (surprisingly -- considering my early hours -- the first bat I've ever netted).

3 Sept: A Connecticut Warbler was banded today, along with several other season firsts: Gray-cheeked Thrush, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Bay-breasted Warbler. A Red-breasted Nuthatch was also heard.

1 Sept: New arrivals today were Mourning Warbler and Least Flycatcher.

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