Red-tailed Hawk Movement Update As was the case in 2021, we once again set out to deploy transmitters on adult birds in 2022. One of
Red-tailed Hawk Summer Movement Update The spring of 2022 marked the second season studying the movement ecology of Red-tailed Hawks in the Straits region. This
This summer with the concerns about avian influenza and the price of gasoline, a reduced number of Am. Kestrel nest boxes were checked in northern
Sandy Planisek, editor of the Mackinaw News, spent an afternoon in the blind with Nick and wrote a nice article about her experience. We’ve extracted
This past week, eight Northern Saw-whet Owls (NSWO) were banded. As would be expected for the final week of the season, this week was relatively
This the week, six Northern Saw-whet Owls (NSWO) were banded and one was recaptured. It was a relatively slow week, marked by the first full
This week’s owl captures picked up from last week, mostly thanks to five captures on the night of the 24th. For the week, nine Northern
Owl migration appears to have slowed during the 5th week of owl banding. I banded six Northern Saw-whet Owls (NSWO), recaptured one NSWO, and banded one
Today, I was lucky to witness a very cool interaction between the family of crows living at Fort Holmes and many of the migrating raptors
Red-tailed Hawk Movement Update As I mentioned in my last post many of our tagged birds from 2021 have initiated their Spring migration over the
The past two weeks of owl banding at Mill Creek have gone smoothly, although precipitation has continued to prevent sampling on many nights. Fortunately, the
Red-tailed Hawk Spring migration update It’s that time of year again when many birds began the arduous journey North in the hopes of returning to
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