Author Archives: Rick L

A cool NE wind blew throughout the night and I could see as we were opening the nets that it was going to have an impact on the day’s events. In fact, it probably had well before we got to … Continue reading →

And so it was, as we had our biggest banding day of the Spring so far. There had been some rain, heavy at times, during the night and when I arrived (Loretta had beat me to it), it was still … Continue reading →

There was a heavy fog blanketing the area when Loretta and I opened nets starting at 5:30. Now I know for a fact that there was no fog last evening up until at least 11:30….so this turn of events had … Continue reading →

For the third day in a row, Yellow-rumped Warblers poured through the site. We banded 36 today bringing our 3-day total up to 106 and 136 for the year. This is more than double the previous high total of 60 … Continue reading →

The day started off not unlike any other we’ve had for the past week: cold with frost in the low spots and coating some of the nets and poles. My initial thought was: “Oh no, another quiet, birdless day”. Although … Continue reading →

For work in the field (and then for ease of data entry), The American Ornithological Union (A.O.U.) came up with a series of 4-letter short-forms or “alpha codes” for recording birds rather than revert to the long form or having … Continue reading →

It’s a good thing it was Clean-up Day at Ruthven – it gave us something to do. For the past several days high-level winds out of the north have flooded us with cold temperatures and adverse flying conditions resulting in … Continue reading →

There’s not really much to write about – we’re still in a holding pattern with cold northerly winds holding up the influx of long-distance migrants that we’ve been expecting. Interestingly, while we had very early arrivals of many short-distance migrants … Continue reading →