2020 Fall Bird Banding Results

Thanks to the flexibility of several experienced banding volunteers, fall bird banding was conducted at Lake St. Clair Metropark, Macomb County, Michigan, on 26 days between 8 August and 8 November 2020. A total of 1297 birds of 73 species was banded. Here is an accounting of the overall totals. 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 winter. 

Banding this fall simply could not have been done without the able assistance of the following volunteers:

April Campbell, Mike Charlebois, Guadalupe Cummins, Tamika Jaja, Ryan Jaja, Harry Lau, Rose Lau, Edie Schmitz, Blanche Wicke, and Sue Wright.

The number in brackets is the number of returning birds from previous seasons or previous years, and the numbers in parentheses is the standardized capture rate (i.e., number of individuals per 100 net hours).

Green Heron - 1 (0.05)
Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 (0.05)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 73 (3.72)
Downy Woodpecker - 13 [3] (0.66)
Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (0.10)
Northern Flicker - 6 (0.31)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 (0.15)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 3 (0.15)
Alder Flycatcher - 2 (0.10)
Willow Flycatcher - 2 (0.10)
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 5 (0.25)
Least Flycatcher - 8 (0.41)
Eastern Phoebe - 5 (0.25)
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 (0.05)
Blue-headed Vireo - 3 (0.15)
Warbling Vireo - 15 [3] (0.76)
Philadelphia Vireo - 11 (0.56)
Red-eyed Vireo - 18 (0.92)
Blue Jay - 5 (0.25)
Black-capped Chickadee - 26 [4] (1.32)
Tufted Titmouse - 7 [2] (0.36)
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (0.05)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (0.20)
Brown Creeper - 11 (0.56)
House Wren - 4 [1] (0.20)
Winter Wren - 10 (0.51)
Marsh Wren - 25 [1] (1.27)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 44 (2.24)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 44 (2.24)
Veery - 7 (0.36)
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 27 (1.38)
Swainson's Thrush - 168 (8.56)
Hermit Thrush - 147 (7.49)
Wood Thrush - 4 (0.20)
American Robin - 38 [1] (1.94)
Gray Catbird - 15 [1] (0.76)
Brown Thrasher - 1 (0.05)
Cedar Waxwing - 2 (0.10)
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (0.05)
Tennessee Warbler - 7 (0.36)
Nashville Warbler - 21 (1.07)
Northern Parula - 4 (0.20)
Yellow Warbler - 4 [1] (0.20)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (0.10)
Magnolia Warbler - 34 (1.73)
Cape May Warbler - 1 (0.05)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 16 (0.82)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10 (0.51)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (0.10)
Palm Warbler - 13 (0.66)
Bay-breasted Warbler - 7 (0.36)
Blackpoll Warbler - 18 (0.92)
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 (0.25)
American Redstart - 50 (2.55)
Ovenbird - 8 (0.41)
Northern Waterthrush - 20 (1.02)
Mourning Warbler - 1 (0.05)
Common Yellowthroat - 9 (0.46)
Wilson's Warbler - 10 (0.51)
Canada Warbler - 4 (0.20)
Scarlet Tanager - 1 (0.05)
Northern Cardinal - 9 [4] (0.46)
Eastern Towhee - 1 (0.05)
American Tree Sparrow - 3 (0.15)
Fox Sparrow - 1 (0.05)
Song Sparrow - 34 [2] (1.73)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 (0.10)
Swamp Sparrow - 15 (0.76)
White-throated Sparrow - 42 (2.14)
White-crowned Sparrow - 4 (0.20)
Dark-eyed Junco - 4 (0.20)
Baltimore Oriole - 11 (0.56)
House Finch - 5 (0.25)
American Goldfinch - 155 [17] (7.90)
House Sparrow - 1 (0.05)