2020 Spring Bird Banding Totals

Spring bird banding was conducted at Lake St. Clair Metropark on 16 days between 5 April and 6 June 2020. A total of 984 birds of 62 species was banded. Here are the details. Details of the banding days can be found by clicking on the link for the "Bird Banding Blog" above. A full report is being compiled and will be available sometime later this summer.

Green Heron - 1
Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 10
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
Alder Flycatcher - 2
Willow Flycatcher - 3
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 8
Least Flycatcher - 7
Eastern Phoebe - 4
Blue-headed Vireo - 4
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 (first for station)
Warbling Vireo - 17
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 12
Tree Swallow - 5
Black-capped Chickadee - 3
Brown Creeper - 6
House Wren - 17
Winter Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 40
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 71
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 11 (record)
Veery - 5
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 5
Swainson's Thrush - 25
Hermit Thrush - 30
Wood Thrush - 2
American Robin - 9
Gray Catbird - 19
Brown Thrasher - 3
European Starling - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 5
Nashville Warbler - 32 (spring record)
Northern Parula - 2
Yellow Warbler - 56
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 7
Magnolia Warbler - 26
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 31 (spring record)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 10 (record)
Palm Warbler - 22 (spring record)
Blackpoll Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 6
American Redstart - 18
Ovenbird - 14
Northern Waterthrush - 17
Mourning Warbler - 7
Common Yellowthroat - 46
Wilson's Warbler - 8
Canada Warbler - 4
Northern Cardinal - 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
American Tree Sparrow - 7
Song Sparrow - 16
Lincoln's Sparrow - 22
Swamp Sparrow - 30
White-throated Sparrow - 41
White-crowned Sparrow - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 138
Common Grackle - 8
Brown-headed Cowbird - 9
Baltimore Oriole - 11
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 38

2020 Spring Bird Banding Season completed

The spring bird banding season has now come to a close, with the last two days covered in the first week of June. Totals will be posted in an upcoming update, but for now the details of each day can be viewed by clicking on the link to the Bird Banding Blog above.