Another very quiet week, with not many migrants around. A higher percentage of the young resident birds that I'm banding have not yet st...

RRBO began the 2011 fall banding season on 12 August. The first week was a "soft" opening, when we put up only a portion of the ne...

RRBO recently received notice that one of the 2500+ American Goldfinches banded here on campus was recovered elsewhere. Only about 1% of sma...

The spring 2011 survey season took place 1 April through 15 June. On campus, regular surveys were conducted on on 50 of the 70 days, with ne...

Saturday, May 14 was the North American Migration Count . My husband Darrin O'Brien coordinates the count for Wayne County, and as usua...