Spring bird banding at the Belle Isle Bird Observatory (BIBO) has concluded for 2025. Totals are shown below, with more detailed information and photo highlights at the Bird Banding Blog link above. (It can also be accessed directly here: https://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html).
Dates of Operation: 4 April to 1 June 2025
Total Hours Open: 104.0
Total Net Hours: 1248
Total Audio Luring Net Hours: 17
Total No. of Volunteers: 31
Total No. of Volunteer Hours: 829.5
Total No. of Visitors: 136
No of Species Banded: 62
No. of New Birds Banded: 650
No. of Recaptures: 139
No. Released Unbanded: 32
Total Captures: 821
Overall Capture Rate: 65.8 per 100 net hours
Solitary Sandpiper - 2
American Woodcock - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 8
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 5
Alder Flycatcher - 4
Willow Flycatcher - 3
Alder/Willow ("Traill's") Flycatcher - 4
Least Flycatcher - 4
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Warbling Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 10
Tree Swallow - 11
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Brown Creeper - 5
Northern House Wren - 7
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 7
Veery - 8
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 23
Hermit Thrush - 18
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 29
Gray Catbird - 52
Brown Thrasher - 4
European Starling - 20
Tennessee Warbler - 2
Nashville Warbler - 8
Yellow Warbler - 36
Magnolia Warbler - 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 19
Palm Warbler - 10
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 4
Ovenbird - 14
Northern Waterthrush - 9
Mourning Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 17
Wilson's Warbler - 3
Canada Warbler - 2
Northern Cardinal - 5
Eastern Towhee - 2
American Tree Sparrow - 7
Field Sparrow - 8
Fox Sparrow - 5
Song Sparrow - 40
Lincoln's Sparrow - 7
Swamp Sparrow - 15
White-throated Sparrow - 63
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 76
Common Grackle - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
Orchard Oriole - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 16
American Goldfinch - 3
House Sparrow - 1
