November was full of birds, including several different hawks! Read on to learn more about some of the fun species we caught in November.
Palomarin Monthly Banding Summary: November 2020

November was full of birds, including several different hawks! Read on to learn more about some of the fun species we caught in November.
November marks the beginning of winter banding at Palomarin. This year it also marked our return to banding at Pine Gulch, one of our off-site banding stations located in the Bolinas Lagoon Open Space Preserve. Read on to learn about some of our fun captures this month!
November marks the transition from fall to winter banding seasons at the Palomarin Field Station. As we head into the rainy season, we slow down our banding effort from 6 days a week to 3 days a week, and we welcome a new crew of banding interns to Palomarin.
The new year brought with it some fun new captures for the winter banders and a few changes to the Palomarin Field Station as well. Read on to learn more!
The final weeks of 2017 brought busy days and thrilling captures for the winter banding interns at the Palomarin Field Station, including the latest capture of a Swainson’s Thrush in our 51 years of banding!
November marks the beginning of the winter banding internship here at the Palomarin Field Station. New banders arrive along with the last of the wintering migrants.
October was a busy month with capstone projects, North American Banding Council certifications, and lots of banding. Read on to learn about the common, and not-so-common captures and activities last month.
June and July are busy months at the field station! Read on to see what was happening!
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
This summary was compiled by Palomarin banding interns Bobby Wilcox and Kaitlin Murphy with help from Renée Cormier, Banding Supervisor. Exciting Captures and Observations: October was celebratory, with beautiful weather and exciting events here at the Palomarin Field Station. October is known for its warm, sunny days here in Marin, and this one lived up
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