Metro Beach Banding - Brief Summary of Fall 2008 Results

Banding was conducted for the 4th consecutive fall season at Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb County, Michigan, as part of a continuing long term migration monitoring project to assess changes in migrant status, and to reaffirm the value of this isolated habitat as a resting and refueling stop, as well as other more specific research objectives. Results will be compared with banding efforts conducted here by Ellie Cox from 1989-2001. Hopefully, this continued monitoring will help park management make informed decisions about habitat management and prevent any future attempts to develop this area. This data is also contributed to the continent-wide Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas (LaMNA); www.klamathbird.org/lamna

Banding was conducted on 22 days between August 9 and November 1, with 13 nets open a total of 158 hours and 1891 net hours in an area ~175 meters (~200 yards) square (~3 hectares or ~8.3 acres). A total of 1841 birds of 77 species (records for both) was banded. A detailed summary will be posted sometime before the end of the year on my website at: http://www.amazilia.net/MetroBeachBanding/

Thank you to the many volunteers who made this research possible: Barb Adams, John Bieganowski, Russ Brown, Terri Chapdelaine, Chris Goulart, A'Monica Hubbard, Thierry Lach, Dave Lancaster, Harry Lau, Rose Lau, Tessa Lau, Frank Lautner, Lori Leighton, Bonita Olesen, Steve Olesen, Renee Render, Greg Scheffler, Tom Schlack, Michelle Serreyn, Joan Tisdale, Johanna Wielfaert.

TOTAL BIRDS BANDED

Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (4th ever)
American Woodcock - 1 (first for fall)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 74
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (2nd ever, first for fall)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (6th ever)
Downy Woodpecker - 12
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 6 (record)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 5
Alder Flycatcher - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 3
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 6
Least Flycatcher - 10
Eastern Phoebe - 4
Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (low)
Warbling Vireo - 1
Philadelphia Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 (low)
Blue Jay - 3
Barn Swallow - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Brown Creeper - 21 (record)
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 23 (record)
Winter Wren - 22 (record)
Marsh Wren - 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 46
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 41
Veery - 1 (low)
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2 (low)
Swainson's Thrush - 28 (low)
Hermit Thrush - 89
Wood Thrush - 3
American Robin - 25
Gray Catbird - 23
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 6
Tennessee Warbler - 12 (low)
Orange-crowned Warbler - 5
Nashville Warbler - 27
Yellow Warbler - 45 (fall record)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 8 (low)
Magnolia Warbler - 42
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 50 (record)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (low)
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 3
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 (low)
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (low)
Black-and-white Warbler - 4 (low)
American Redstart - 30
Ovenbird - 13
Northern Waterthrush - 13
Connecticut Warbler - 2 (ties record)
Mourning Warbler - 8
Common Yellowthroat - 97 (record)
Wilson's Warbler - 30 (record)
Canada Warbler - 6
Northern Cardinal - 15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
American Tree Sparrow - 5 (first ever in fall)
Field Sparrow - 1 (third ever in fall)
Fox Sparrow - 7
Song Sparrow - 220 (record)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 11 (fall record)
Swamp Sparrow - 143 (record)
White-throated Sparrow - 285 (record)
Dark-eyed Junco - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 13 (fall record)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Purple Finch - 1 (second ever)
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 233 (record)