New Arrivals Today, the second last day of migration monitoring, we had 2 male Buffleheads and one male Common Goldeneye on the basin, first sightings for this fall at Cabot Head. Nets were open for only the first 3 hours of the …
Deserted Woods Or so it seemed for half of the morning today! For 3 hours, the nets didn’t catch any single bird; the one-hour census yielded only 8 species and very few individuals of each. A notable exception was the first flock of …
And the Rain Finally Came We did get quite a bit of rain at Cabot Head, even though we managed to open nets most of the time. But the catch has been meager these days: it seems that most birds have move …
The Rain That Will Not Come As a cold rain is falling hard on the Bruce Peninsula on this gray afternoon, it is a little ironic, don’t you think, to talk of the rain that will not come. It is, however, true …
The First Snow In a curious conflagration of South and North, we got thunderstorms yesterday evening after a day of intensely strong and warm south winds, while at the same time, 2 Snow Buntings (the first of the fall detected here) were seen …
An Unexpected Recapture Yesterday, on October 19th, among the very few birds captured, we got a Blue Jay with already a band. We checked our records, and sure enough, it was banded by us here at Cabot Head, on August 16th, 2007! Not …
Early Risers As usual, we opened nets half an hour before sunrise. These days, it means the late time of 7:15am, really no big deal compared to the 5 o’clock of June mornings. As we were coming back to the station on …
On the Quieter Side of Fall It seems that we are now on a calmer time, with most of the birds on the sunny side of migration. It has slowed down considerably these last few days, with now mostly Black-capped Chickadees being …
Soaring with Eagles! Bathed in the golden light of a seemingly endless Indian Summer, leaves are shimmering under an infinite blue sky. Another beautiful day at Cabot Head. In mid-morning, there suddenly were 3 big, black birds soaring over Middle Bluffs. The usual Bald …
Last of the Last (?) Yesterday (October 13), we got a Pine Warbler in our nets! It was a very striking young male, with yellow throat and breast. It was also very late, although as a short-distance migrant headed to the southern States, …