We wrapped up the 2014 fall banding season on 30 October. This was a tad earlier than usual, but the last week was marred by deer destroying...

We have been dividing our time here at RRBO censusing and measuring fruit, and banding birds in order to collect the seeds of fruit eaten by...

Our 22nd fall banding season took place on 29 days from 15 August to 5 November. An average of 15 nets (12 meter equivalent*) were open a...

We are a little more than halfway through our modified fall banding. This year, we are concentrating on obtaining as much data as possible o...

RRBO has done very little summer banding over the years, as we have not had any research projects that require banding during the breeding s...

Our 21st fall banding season took place on 38 days from 17 August to 25 October. An average of 17 nets (12 meter equivalent*) were open a...

We are well on our way to banding the fewest birds in any fall season in 20 years! The fewest new birds we have banded prior to this year wa...

Fall banding 2012 started on August 17. As I suspected, things have been slow. The very hot, dry summer seems to have resulted in low reprod...

Good riddance to a wet September. October has been occasionally wet or windy, but overall the weather has been much better. Unlike some Octo...

[2017 update at bottom of post] I get a fair number of calls to help rescue birds from various situations, often inside buildings. Usual...

The month of September drew to a close on a windy, rainy note -- the 9th full day of banding missed this month due to weather. Notable mid-w...

Geolocators are tiny devices that measure light levels for up to two years. This data can be used to calculate latitude and longitude when ...