Monthly Banding Summary, October 2015
November 19, 2015
October brought rarities from Siberia and Mexico, plus many more of our usual migrants returned for winter, some wearing tiny data logging backpacks!
Monthly Banding Summary, September 2015
October 16, 2015
September is full of change: migrant breeders departed for their southerly wintering grounds, others stopped here to refuel along their migratory journey, while other species that over-winter in Marin but breed to the north returned.
Monthly Banding Summary, August 2015
October 6, 2015
Fall migration has arrived, with lots of exciting captures at the Palomarin Field Station.
Monthly Banding Summary, July 2015
September 15, 2015
The long summer days persist—breeding season winds down and a lot of unbanded juveniles show up. Activity is notably slower and quieter by the end of month, and the summer season draws to a close.
Monthly Banding Summary, May 2015
July 2, 2015
Taking the Long View: An inside look at the goings-on at the longest running avian ecology field station west of the Mississippi.
Where Are They Now? Featuring 2011 Palomarin Intern Amanda Gallinat
June 16, 2015
Taking the Long View: An inside look at the goings-on at the longest running avian ecology field station west of the Mississippi.
Monthly Banding Summary, February 2015
April 6, 2015
This summary was compiled by Palomarin banding interns Emma Cox and Hilary Allen with help from Mark Dettling, Banding Supervisor. Exciting Captures and Observations: February was a gloriously sunny yet drearily slow month with regards to our capture rates here at the Palomarin Field Station (Palo). We had our first (and hopefully last) days with
Monthly Banding Summary, January 2015
March 17, 2015
This summary was compiled by Palomarin banding intern Adelle Anderson with help from Mark Dettling, Banding Supervisor. Exciting Captures and Observations: This month many exciting species and individuals were captured at Palomarin and our other West Marin banding sites. The first exciting capture came on January 10th when an Acorn Woodpecker was captured for the tenth
Amazing Wrentit Capture
February 13, 2015
This post was written by banding intern (and former nest searching intern) Hilary Allen with help from Mark Dettling, Banding Supervisor. An Old Friend The Palomarin Field Station had a celebrity visitor last month…a female Wrentit who will turn 13 this spring, making her the oldest known Wrentit! The oldest Wrentit recorded on the Bird
Monthly Banding Summary, December 2014
February 10, 2015
This summary was compiled by Palomarin banding interns Emma Cox and Adriana Caicedo with help from Mark Dettling, Banding Supervisor, and Diana Humple, Palomarin Program Leader. Exciting Captures and Observations: December alternated big storm days with big bird days. In fact, we had the highest rainfall ever recorded in 40 years (we started collecting rainfall
