Bird Banding at Possum Long

Finally, new tallies of birds banded is done.  These numbers are up to the point that we left Florida.  The Painted Bunting Project was finished prior to our leaving.  We banded a total of 255...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/11/november-4-2018.html

On Thursday we did our first White-crowned Sparrow Project banding at McNary National Wildlife Refuge.  We need a special use permit to band there and it came through.  We had banded there in t...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/11/november-1-2018.html

Not too much new news.  Banding with Dr Ed Rykiel and team on Tuesday was a bit slow but started off with a bang.  Two Hermit Thrushes and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  Not too sure how many other ...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-27-2018.html

The White-Crowned Sparrow Project (WCSP) is officially launched.  We have our state and federal permits and the colored bands arrived Tuesday evening so we are ready to go. I originally worked...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-18-19-2018.html

We are continuing to band with Dr Ed Rykiel and today we banded at the Amon Creek Natural Preserve.  This area is slowly being surrounded by housing and may not withstand the onslaught.  Howeve...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-16-2018.html

We hope we are making progress toward our new banding project.  We now have our federal permit updated to WA state and our new project.  The proposal has also been submitted for our state permi...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/10/october-2-2018-another-new-species.html

Ah, what a relief it is to feel caught up for now.  If you've been reading all along, there have been some update posts and some newer posts.  But this is finally in real time as of today.  If...

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Fresh off the plane from Arizona, we went to Edmonds, WA to observe a banding class conducted by the Puget Sound Bird Observatory.  I had taken a course through this organization a year before ...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/09/august-26-2018.html

Welcome to our new look and new focus.  We have a new location, new projects coming, and a new header!  We will share any and all of our exploits, on our projects or the ones we visit, to learn...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/09/august-18-2018-visiting-hummingbird.html

On May 31, Dr Jamie Rotenburg (bander in NC who does the summer version of our banding) received a band report from a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources colleague who is at Botany Ba...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/09/summer-2018-may-31-posted-9218.html

Let me start off with apologies to Wendy Allen who contacted me on June 22, 2018.  It has taken me this long to catch up and I am truly sorry.  The information is still interesting and worth kn...

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This photograph of a strange looking Painted Bunting showed up on a Painted Bunting Facebook site.  The person who posted referenced the location as near Seminole county, FL.  She and others wo...

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So buntings are back and it might be time to consider a caged feeder.  They are featured in many posts and have so very successful for encouraging Painted Buntings.  So what will you do with on...

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In an effort to catch up here's a post for those of you who attended our bandings and maybe met Eddie.  Eddie is our practice bird that we use to introduce people to holding a bird properly.  W...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/08/eddie-is-famous-posted-august-31-2018.html

Almost two years ago we heard from Ben Oldfield in Ontario about a Painted Bunting that was banded there on 9/12/16 and outfitted with a  MOTUS tag (more info here http://motus.org )  MOTUS is ...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/08/more-catch-up-posted-8312018.html

Dear blog followers, It has been a while since a post and I hope you are all still following.  Soon I will do at least EIGHT more posts with banding/sighting reports that have happened over th...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/08/summer-2018-posted-august-15-2018.html

To say we have been busy is an understatement.  We have had 5 sessions since our last report.  Migration is such a great time to be birding and banding.  Winds and rain are a key to having man...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/05/april-24-29-and-may-1-7-and-8-2018.html

With weather looking to change on Sunday, we decided to band on Monday as well as our usual Tuesday.  On April 16 it wasn't as birdy as we expected.  We banded 2 Black-throated Blue Warblers, 1...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/04/april-16-and-17-2018.html

During migration in Florida, seeing and catching birds to band depends on the weather.  It is hard to wish for bad weather as that means birds have a very hard time getting where they need to go...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/04/april-10-and-11-2018.html

The end of Painted Bunting Season 5 approaches and we have gone all out to finish it.  Three days of Painted Bunting banding and then Possum Long (next entry).  On April 7 we went to a new ho...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/04/april-7-8-and-9-2018.html

On Wednesday, we returned to PB6 at Dupuis Management Area.  The feeders there were pretty quiet but we did manage to band a new Painted Bunting and recapture 5 more.  This return data is very ...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/04/april-4-and-5-2018-another-sc.html

On March 24, we caught a Painted Bunting that was not one we banded.  It only had a silver band.  Initial information from the Bird Banding Laboratory was that the bird was banded at Kiawah Isl...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/04/march-24-recapture-information.html

Painted Bunting banding is progressing and we are nearing the end of Season 5.  Even Possum Long was pretty much about Painted Buntings. On March 30 we returned to PB 37.  We are very thankfu...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/04/march-30-april-2-and-3-2018.html

Ok, so today is a three-for-one post.  We spent Saturday and Sunday at two very loyal Painted Bunting host locations.  Both had banding sessions earlier but still had unbanded birds.  On Sat...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/03/march-24-25-and-27-2018-sc-bird.html

Our last Possum Long session hints that migration may be picking up.  We had a lot of visitors including a preschool group, a smart young lady who was on spring break, and new and old friends. ...

http://brdbander.blogspot.com/2018/03/march-19-2018.html