This is the weekly report from the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory for the
week of May 24-30, courtesy of Bander-In-Charge Stéphane Menu.
The week started, on Friday May 24th, with a massive cold front, bringing
strong North wind and rain for most of the day. There was no banding, nor
This is the weekly report from the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory for the
week of May 17-23, courtesy of Bander-In-Charge Stéphane Menu.
The songbird migration entered its last act this week, with only a few new
species of the late migrants, like GRAY-CHEECKED THRUSH for example. A
This is the weekly report from the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory for the
week of May 10-16, courtesy of Bander-In-Charge Stéphane Menu.
This past week, major movements happened in the first two days, followed by a
sharp drop in temperatures and strong west wind that neatly stopped
This is the weekly report from the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory for the
week of April 25-May 02, courtesy of Bander-In-Charge Stéphane Menu.
Relatively few new “arrivals” (new species) were noted during the first part of
the week. Following the intense rain on Monday, 13 new species
This is the weekly report from the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory for the
week of April 19-25, courtesy of Bander-In-Charge Stéphane Menu.
During the week, the weather was an interesting, mixed bag of everything. There
were sun and blue sky, windstorm, rain and pouring rain, and even snow
This is the weekly report from the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory for the
week of April 15-18,courtesy of Bander-In-Charge Stéphane Menu.
Migration monitoring started on April 15th, this year. All nets were up and
running, as well as a couple of ground traps. As the new bander-in-charge,
This is the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Report for the week of May
11-17, courtesy of David Okines, bander in charge:
An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen flying over the area on the 12th and GREEN HERONS
were seen on the 12th (3) and the 15th (1). BRANT were moving on the 14th when
over
Spring continues to be a bit slow at Prince Edward Point and sometimes it seems
like the trees are leafing out faster than any birds are arriving. May should
be fun. COMMON LOONS continue to move through and peaked at 10 on the 21st. A
RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on the 18th and high flying GREAT
The Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory opened for the spring on the 10th
April. The nets were set up on the 9th with the Saturday being the first
banding day. COMMON LOONS were moving from the 12th with three a day going
over. Seven WOOD DUCKS flew over on the 11th. Offshore, thanks to the
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