Monthly Archives: March 2009

Today we found some returning Kestrels at their nest boxes. I did trap a pair and found the female was banded by me in 2007 as a youngster. This is always great data as we know that she has made … Continue reading →

Taking a good friend for a wildlife ride yesterday afternoon, we found the Portland eagles down on eggs. We visited Great Horned Owl nests and trapped and banded a male Kestrel and a female Coopers hawk. We had a great time enjoying … Continue reading →

At day break my feeders were filled with Birds. First bird I netted was a male cardinal. Hour after hour I netted/banded Pine’s and Gold Finches. Winter will stay for a bit longer with the amount of birds here yet.

The weather was perfect with clouds covering the moon. I netted a beautiful female 2nd year bird. I’ll be netting most nights with good weather. The Pine Siskin’s were here in big numbers this morning. I netted/banded over a dozen birds. … Continue reading →

I again netted and banded some more. One banded Siskin was banded here on 1/31/09 at 11:22am. The data that is coming back on what Siskin’s we banded this year during this invasion will be outstanding. Together with some other … Continue reading →

There is no place like Home! There is no place like Home!!!! Most of you know just what that means. But to me it means enjoying the land around this PPL Plant near martins Creek.  I started birding this area … Continue reading →

Yes the Coppers are around and looking for my birds. Also Black and Turkey Vultures over town hall at 5:00pm.

So far across PA we have banded many of the Pine Siskin’s. This invasion year will go down in the record books. Our banding friends in Canada will have a good time finding all outr banded birds as they return … Continue reading →