http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/very-little-migration-last-night-2/ Keeping Noel's dream alive, one migrant at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/very-little-migration-last-night-2/#comment-544 Robin & Liz Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:10:36 +0000 http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/?p=433#comment-544 Banding reflected your observations, David. It was fairly slow, with vireos, thrushes and flycatchers in good condition, but warblers in poor condition. Perhaps they had tough flights through the weather and fewer foraging opportunities due to continual rain this weekend. Our most unexpected bird: freshly killed female Belted Kingfisher in Net 15 along with a huge female Cooper's Hawk. Like the headless Burrowing Owl-Cooper's Hawk combo last year, we were tempted to slap a band on the kingfisher....... Banding reflected your observations, David. It was fairly slow, with vireos, thrushes and flycatchers in good condition, but warblers in poor condition. Perhaps they had tough flights through the weather and fewer foraging opportunities due to continual rain this weekend. Our most unexpected bird: freshly killed female Belted Kingfisher in Net 15 along with a huge female Cooper’s Hawk. Like the headless Burrowing Owl-Cooper’s Hawk combo last year, we were tempted to slap a band on the kingfisher…….

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