Monthly Banding Summary, August 2024

small grey bird

Find out what was going on at the Palomarin Field Station this August!

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Spring Banding Summary 2024

Female Lesser Goldfinch

Check out our highlights from Point Blue’s Palomarin Field Station in March and April

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Winter 2023-24 Banding Summary (November through February)

Biologist holding Sharp skinned hawk

Read about the winter field season at the longest running bird banding station west of the Mississippi River.

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Fall Banding Report, August through October 2024

A hatch year Red-eyed Vireo of unknown sex captured at Pine Gulch Creek, photo by Anna Douglas

Learn about the fall captures from the longest running bird banding station west of the Mississippi River!

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Summer Banding Summary, May-July 2023

A biologist holds a Broad-billed Hummingbird gently between her ring and middle finger. The hummingbird is green overall with red at the base of her bill, a white eyebrow, and a pale chin. Photo by Samantha Hagler, Point Blue

May to July marked the busiest time of the season for the spring-summer banders at Palo, and as the summer went on, a shift in captures to mostly young (hatch-year) birds. Read more about the summer happenings at the Palomarin Field Station here.

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Soundscapes: connecting us to nature and conservation

Faiza with a Wilson's Warbler at the Palomarin Field Station. Photo by XX / Point Blue

What do the sounds of nature, including birds, mean to you? How are they used in science? Read this blog by our recent graduate student intern Faiza Hafeez, who studies and reflects on bird communication.

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If You Can’t Choose One, Draw Them All!

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This is a story of an artist inspired by science. Or… it’s a story of a scientist inspired by art. Hmmm, actually, it’s both! This is a story of how beautifully art and science can merge to support a person’s path through life and inspire others along the way.

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Birds in the Burn: Monitoring Response to the 2020 Woodward Fire

The Sky Trail in May 2023 on a foggy day. Photo by Diana Humple / Point Blue.

Check out this new project Palomarin staff have been doing in Point Reyes National Seashore

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Early Spring Banding Summary

Male CAQU

Check out the goings-on at Palomarin during March and April 2023.

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Winter Season Banding Summary, November 2022-January 2023

Song Sparrow

Come explore the exciting new captures and returning birds of our Winter season!

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