The return of the buzzing 
The few chokecherry trees that the beavers have left standing in the shrubby area leading to the first two nets are now in full bloom. As soon as the sun is high and warm enough, the place is buzzing! Bees, …
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The return of territorial singing
The eerie, tinkling song of the FOY Blackpoll Warbler on May 21 was a sure sign we’re entering the last part of Spring migration. This northern-breeding species is among the last ones to migrate through Cabot Head. I do love …
The return of the cold! 
Despite the continuous arrival of birds from tropical locales, the temperatures this week reminded us forcefully that we still live in Canada. There was frost on the ground on Thursday, May 18, a stark and clear statement that one should …
The return of the tropics 
The tender green of fresh leaves is now covering the land, with warmth and sun bringing growth and renewal. And tropical birds are arriving, flying long distances from their winter homes in Central or South America or the Caribbean. The …
The return of the blue. 
Now that we are in the merry, merry month of May, we hope for, and are getting, some blue skies, following a long and dreary stretch of overcast conditions experienced 14 of the 16 days between April 17 and May …
Cold, grey, and wet: it is April!
Weather in the past week was mostly cloudy and cold, with episodes of rain from time to time. There were not many movements of songbirds during this week with few if any new species detected and very few captures in …
Another season begins 
On April 15th, as dictated by protocol, a new spring bird migration monitoring began once more at the Cabot Head Research Station, the 22nd since the first year in 2002 – the 18th season for your humble bander and blog writer. It …
Another season has come to an end. And what a season!
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 …
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2700!!! More precisely and exactly, 2774 birds banded (and counting)
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!
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 …