A mad dash to the final line!
Despite the much anticipated – and extremely late – arrival of American Redstarts on May 16, not much of note happened during the first few days of the second half of May: between May 16 and 19, daily diversity ranged …
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Warblers! They are a-coming!
It was still wintery for a few more days over the past week, notably May 9, when snow was falling hard and long. Only six brave species were detected during the one-hour census! It is a notably cold and late …
Winter’s last gasps?
On May 8th (the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe), snow and sun played a duet or danced a tango or, even, a waltz! Is it the last appearance of Mr. Winter and its white tears? It …
April Impatience
On a cold and rainy morning, it seems appropriate to write another post for the blog. It is a typical April day, after all: grey, cold, an insistent rain falling hard on a slowly, ever-so-slowly greening Earth, with not that …
It is Spring and a new season begins!
It is usually around this time of year that new blog posts start to appear from the Cabot Head Research Station, with the same mix of regularity and unpredictability of bird migration. Normally, our 15 mist nets would be up-and-running …
It is Spring and a new season begins!
It is usually around this time of year that new blog posts start to appear from the Cabot Head Research Station, with the same mix of regularity and unpredictability of bird migration. Normally, our 15 mist nets would be up-and-running …
End of season.
Like all things, the fall 2019 bird migration monitoring is coming to an end. October 31st is the official end date, marked this year by a tumultuous wind- and rain-storm! There was obviously no banding that day: we were warned …
Last days of fall monitoring…
It is this time of year when we really start to feel the end of season: almost all the trees have changed their colours (except, of course, the evergreens), the days are getting shorter and colder, and most of the …
Warblers in October!
Warblers in October- October 12, 2019 It has been a very pleasant beginning of October, with mild temperatures and sunny skies, with more and more leaves changing colour. The sudden drop in temperatures on the overcast morning of the 12th …
Change is the only constant!
On the first day of October, a very warm and very strong wind is blowing from the South, bringing unseasonably warm temperatures and keeping our nets furled. How often do I have to write “unseasonal” when it comes to weather …