Author Archives: Rick L

February 21st – CSBN Updates

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Rick L

From Alex Anctil in Rimouski: Hi Rick, Not much has happen since the last time. SNBU numbers have been quite low at my place. For 2 or 3 dys in a row I had only 2 individuals that were already … Continue reading →

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February 19th – Feels Like It Should Be Spring

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Rick L

My back yard is completely green. I can see a very few small remnant patches of snow in the distant farm fields – but they’re in stark contrast to (and set off by) the large expanses of brown plowed land. … Continue reading →

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February 13th – CSBN Updates & An Interesting Black-capped Chickadee

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Rick L

This just in today from Rob Mueller: Hi Rick, I thought you might find this interesting. A leucistic or partially anyways… Black-capped Chickadee. We stumbled upon him in a small flock in Algonquin Park, up Opeongo Road this past Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Ruthven’s 2011 Banding Totals

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Rick L

Click the link below to download an excel (.xls) file with Ruthven’s 2011 banding totals. It was a big year, with 10,001 birds banded! Ruthven Banding Totals 2011 Also note that the Spring and Fall Banding Summaries (with and without … Continue reading →

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February 11th – CSBN Update: SNBU banding in NB

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Rick L

Hi Oliver I’m attaching some photos of our trapping site at North Tay Farm near here, as well as a few taken in our back yard (where we have not trapped as the birds have not returned). We started trapping … Continue reading →

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February 10th – Snow Is In The Forecast & CSBN Updates

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Rick L

Cold temperatures and snow are forecast over the next several days. It will be interesting to see if these conditions push Snow Buntings down into the area (southwestern Ontario) – and whether we can entice any of them to enter … Continue reading →

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February 8th – Disease and Debilitation

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Rick L

It’s commonly thought that disease, injury and old age are synonomous with imminent death in wild bird populations. A corollary of this is that disease is associated with old age. This isn’t necessarily the case as we found out today. … Continue reading →

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February 6th – A March Day in Early February

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Rick L

This anomalous Winter continues. What to do when there’s no snow and no Snow Buntings….? In the chance that this weather will translate into an early Spring, I started to do (semi) regular daily census at Ruthven to document this … Continue reading →

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February 5th – News

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Rick L

From the CSBN: From Alexandre Anctil in the Rimouski area: Hi Rick, I hope that the SNBU have reached you by now and that you manage to trap a few. [It’s been above freezing for the past week and there’s … Continue reading →

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Osprey Video

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Rick L

Here is a pretty amazing video of Osprey catching fish from the BBC and ARKive. The last guy must not have needed to eat for a few days! Watch it here on our website: Osprey from ARKive Or, here on … Continue reading →

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