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...
Migrants are still trickling in, but essentially in ones and twos. House Wrens arrived today, along with Green Heron, and I banded Yellow Warbler as well. A...
Here's an update from the no-data-is-still-data department: Not much going on here! With the exception of a single Common Yellowthroat yesterday, we've had no...
A version of this with links is available on the RRBO web site. This, from the Needle in a Haystack Department. On 22 April, I captured a banded Ruby-crowned...
Another dispatch from the High Quality, Low Quantity Dept. Although I'm still suffering from what my co-worker Rick Simek termed "Empty Nets Syndrome", I did...
The last few days have seen an influx of migrants, with these new arrivals: Least Flycatcher Orange-crowned Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blue-winged Warbler ...
Very nice uptick in diversity today, with 16 species of warblers, including our first Magnolias, Blackburnians, Bay-breasted, American Redstart, Ovenbird, and...
If you are interested in participating in, already volunteering for, or are just plain curious about the Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas project, join us on...
Things were pretty hot early this morning here, especially by the lake. New species continue to arrive: today we had Black-billed Cuckoo, Acadian Flycatcher,...
I located a second-year male Blue Grosbeak this morning at about 8 AM, on the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Wayne Co. It was feeding with a...
Yesterday Greg Norwood had a good morning here on campus for the North American Migration Count. He reported 19 species of warblers. Today we had 18 species,...
Things were about as moderately-paced as yesterday, but the composition of the birds changed a bit. Today the first Canada and Wilson's Warblers were banded,...
Some new species continue to arrive -- Canada and Wilson's Warblers yesterday, Mourning Warbler today -- but it has gotten progressively quieter the last few...
A Connecticut Warbler was singing somewhat unenthusiastically, off and on most of this morning behind the Environmental Interpretive Center here on campus, and...
A survey today came up with 72 species, but it was hard work. Several Mourning Warblers were found, but no Connecticut today. A Northern Parula tied the late...
I've posted the spring banding summary on the RRBO web site (follow the link on the front page). Despite it being a strongly ho-hum season, we banded two new...
Another banding season has begun. I always start off with the local crop of baby catbirds, but there were also a few warblers in the nets today. Tennessee...
After the first full week of banding, things have been pretty quiet. Migrants are around, but in small numbers. Most notable would be the first few Swainson's...
The last few days has seen a few more species crop up. On 29 Aug, I had the first Nashville and Wilson's Warblers. There was also a Common Sootywing skipper...
A number of species arrived over the holiday weekend, or at least were found by Greg on his return to surveying. Yesterday we had our first Yellow-bellied...
An adult female Connecticut Warbler was banded today (and my favorite bird, Red-breasted Nuthatch). Eleven warblers species were recorded on the survey,...
Over the past week or so, we've had increasing numbers of migrants, but most of the same species, with American Redstart, Magnolia Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler,...
