This was the second short week in a row, with a two-day meeting, two days of rain, and jury duty presenting a gap in the coverage. In the last four days, RRBO...
The last several days have seen the first real influx of migrants, with Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, and Tennessee Warblers observed, and...
The cold front produced the expected influx of migrants. Several good flocks were found today by surveyor/bander Greg Norwood, back from his summer working...
We had a nice influx of migrants today. 59 birds of 21 species were netted, including several treats. First was a Connecticut Warbler, banded at first light...
Birders, Since the beginning of the month and my last banding total update, RRBO has banded 258 new birds and handled 75 recaps. A few species are already...
RRBO list members, Check the RRBO list home page (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/) for a photo of a really nice adult male Connecticut Warbler banded...
Another Connecticut Warbler was banded on 16 September, a really great-looking adult male. Friday, after the passage of the front, new arrivals were apparent...
Today was the first day that the dampness of the dew on the net poles and the cool temperatures made my hands cold while opening the nets. I know that there...
Things have been quiet this week. Autumn is on the calendar and some mornings have been cool (but not crisp), but migration has slowed. A good number of...
The cold front late Friday brought in some new birds, with Blue-headed Vireos arriving yesterday, and White-crowned Sparrows today. Although we've banded a...
Overall, we had fewer birds in the nets today, although the numbers of birds in the area appeared to have only increased modestly. There seemed to be a slight...
Today was quite a snoozer, with only 14 birds banded. However, three were new species for the year: our first Dark-eyed Junco, and two species that have been...
This was our first frosty-net morning, delaying total opening for over an hour. The highlight of the day was a young male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, only the...
For our Detroit Audubon field trip today, we had another lovely, crisp morning. For the banding demo, we produced some nice species, including Ovenbird, Swamp...
The last 10 days we have only banded about 11 hours. Still, we can see that White-crowned Sparrows have been peaking the last few days, Hermit Thrushes are...
The usual suspects have still been around, with Nashville Warblers and Common Yellowthroats still being seen as of a few days ago. Yesterday's Palm Warbler,...
Activity has occurred in pockets the last few days, with the banding area being more often "out of pocket". Yesterday I squeaked up a Marsh Wren next to one of...
Our 13th fall banding season wrapped up on 1 November. An average of 16.6 nets were open an average of 4.6 hours per day. These figures are not too far from...
I received the last of the data for 2004 a week or so ago, and have updated the Wayne Co. web site: http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/bba.html You can...
What will likely be the bird of the year for Dearborn, and perhaps southeast Michigan, was found on January 1 on the Dearborn portion of the Detroit River...
First, as of noon today, I've received no reports of the Gyrfalcon. I looked myself in a quick drive-by before work, but it was not sitting out where I could...
Birders, As has been reported on several lists, there were no sightings of the Gyrfalcon over the weekend, despite many people looking. The last report I can...
Our first Common Grackle of the year flew over yesterday. The overwintering flock of blackbirds (mostly Red-winged) at the sunflower fields did contain some...
Well, not much happening on the migrant front. Aside from increased numbers of blackbirds and robins, the only migrants we have had arriving were a Turkey...
On my quick walk today I found two Fox Sparrows in with over 50 juncos and a bunch of Song Sparrows. Most of the juncos were male-plumaged, and many were...
A few more new arrivals were found yesterday afternoon: Chipping Sparrow (new early arrival date), Field Sparrows, a Rusty Blackbird, a total of three Hooded...
Tree Swallows and Yellow-rumped Warblers have returned to Dearborn. I had my first Hermit Thrush yesterday, and two were singing today, along with a couple of...
Strong and persistant east and northeast winds have done nothing to enhance the numbers of spring arrivals this week. On Sunday, the first Barn Swallows and...
April 15 is tax day, and the first day of the spring banding season for RRBO. As expected, things were pretty dull, but I did have a couple of interesting...
Today RRBO banded its 137th species: a Northern Mockingbird. Even more interesting, I am 99% sure it is not the resident bird which hangs out at the other end...
