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Another season has come to an end. And what a season!

By Stephane Menu Posted on November 2, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

This more than remarkable season didn’t end in a whisper but with more remarkable sightings and banding. On October 27, while watching a distant bird on the bay through the scope (Loon? Grebe? Duck? I don’t recall), white ghosts appeared …

Another season has come to an end. And what a season! Read more »

2700!!! More precisely and exactly, 2774 birds banded (and counting)

By Stephane Menu Posted on October 26, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

In this most unusual of fall seasons, we have broken another record by banding over 2700 birds. A young female Downy Woodpecker was the lucky 2700th on October 25, a little ironic given its sedentary habits (see pics on Instagram and …

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A feathered wave of green little kings!

By Stephane Menu Posted on October 19, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

I have used the word “tsunami” before in the search of an image to describe how it feels to be hit (metaphorically) by incredible numbers of kinglets. Well, it happened again! On October 18, kinglets were everywhere and flew in …

A feathered wave of green little kings! Read more »

Oh! The colours! The colours!

By Stephane Menu Posted on October 13, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

One of the great joys and privileges of living at Cabot Head for weeks on end is to experience the slow change of the seasons, the timeless cycles of summer turning into fall turning into winter turning into spring turning …

Oh! The colours! The colours! Read more »

Busy, busy, busy!

By Stephane Menu Posted on October 5, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

After a seemingly long stretch of five days of overcast conditions, clear skies and bright sun returned on September 29 and have been with us ever since. The return of good weather brought a lot – and I mean, A …

Busy, busy, busy! Read more »

Autumn has arrived!

By Stephane Menu Posted on September 28, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

There is definitely a shift in temperatures, birds, and mood: autumn has arrived. The days are shorter, the skies often obscured by clouds, cooler temperatures prevail. And the assemblage of bird species has shifted from long-distance, early migrants to short-distance, …

Autumn has arrived! Read more »

Equality on Earth: Fall equinox is on September 22!

By Stephane Menu Posted on September 20, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

If the Earth was not tilted relative to the Sun, there would be no seasons, no variations, no changes throughout the year. But it is tilted and everything is different. In a few days, on September 22, it will be …

Equality on Earth: Fall equinox is on September 22! Read more »

What’s in a name? Or how the misnamed Connecticut Warbler does not breed there…

By Stephane Menu Posted on September 2, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

The frenetic banding pace of the first 10 days of the season has slowed down, albeit with still good numbers in our nets from time to time. It is becoming more and more clear that we have a Red-breasted Nuthatch …

What’s in a name? Or how the misnamed Connecticut Warbler does not breed there… Read more »

So. Many. Birds! A very busy start of monitoring.

By Stephane Menu Posted on August 25, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

It has been a very busy first 10 days of the fall monitoring with high banding totals almost every day. Usually banding is relatively relaxed in mid-August when a big day would be about 40 birds captured. This summer though, …

So. Many. Birds! A very busy start of monitoring. Read more »

A great start to the fall migration monitoring!

By Stephane Menu Posted on August 19, 2022 Posted in STATION NOTES / BLOG

As per tradition, fall starts on August 15 at Cabot Head when a new season of monitoring begins. For the next 78 days, we will rise before dawn to open the mist nets, with our eyes and ears open to …

A great start to the fall migration monitoring! Read more »

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  • Another season has come to an end. And what a season!
  • 2700!!! More precisely and exactly, 2774 birds banded (and counting)
  • A feathered wave of green little kings!
  • Oh! The colours! The colours!
  • Busy, busy, busy!
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