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| first oriole banded since may 25 2015 a very welcome sight especially since it is a hatching year bird |
The record breaking pace continues at the marsh with another great week of banding the 3rd week totals bring us to a fall total of 1870 birds represented by 59 species .
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| a young blue headed vireo always a thrill for us |
the breakdown so far is 481 birds 41 species wk 1
718 birds 50 species week 2
671 birds 46 species week 3
for a total of 1870 birds of 59 species
and so far this week will be our best yet.
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| jaden with our 5th sharpie of the year which is a lot for us |
I was away with our marsh summer crew doing wetland inspections for ducks unlimited in the north east but while I was away our banding crew was busy and had several good pushes of warblers and were able to band over 100 birds several days and and had a big day Monday of 193 birds!!! So the migration is on and in typical fall migration fashion we can find many nets are empty then you come upon a net that has 20 birds which reflects the flock nature of the fall migration. It really is a privilege to have the chance to be a part of research of this nature and it always presents more questions then answers. The other thing I cannot help myself from commenting on is how the support of our donor and marsh members are fostering our ability to do a better job putting volunteers and paid banders into the field to allow us to keep up this critical research into the migration on the edge of the boreal forest.
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| Aide with a lifetime moment |
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| our members event this picture for me is why we band birds |
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| black throated green warbler usually a canopy dweller but wandered low into our nets |
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| Stephanie a Nippissing university student who is hpoping to do an internship at the marsh with her very favourite a cedar waxwing i think the marsh will be seeing more of this very keen student |
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| Nicole Blackburn banded our 21st Oriole caught at the river nets |
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