Find out what birds the apprentice banders captured on at the Palomarin Field Station this winter!
Winter Banding Summary, November 2024 – January 2025

Find out what birds the apprentice banders captured on at the Palomarin Field Station this winter!
Check out what we captured at Palomarin and Muddy Hollow in September and October!
December brought a bit of rain, fewer bird captures, and slower days as we settled into winter at the field station. However, there were still some exciting encounters! Read on to learn more.
August and September were busy at the Palomarin Field Station – a new crew of interns, wildfires, fall migrants, and returning winter migrants. Read on to learn more!
Fall migration continues…September at Palomarin was busy with birds passing through on their journey south, the departure of some of our breeding birds, and the arrival of some of our wintering birds. Read on to see some of our exciting captures this month!
September is always a great month at Palomarin, with lots of diversity in the species that we catch, as migratory species are on the move!
Fall migration was in full swing at Palomarin in September, bringing our regular migrants, and a few rarer vagrant species.
September is always an exciting time at Palomarin, as summer residents depart for wintering grounds, northern-breeding landbirds arrive for the winter, and other migrants continue to pass through.
October brought rarities from Siberia and Mexico, plus many more of our usual migrants returned for winter, some wearing tiny data logging backpacks!
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
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