http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/ RRBO birds Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:51:18 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/237 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/237 RRBO's last day of fall banding took place today. We had a really interesting bird, a robin with the usual gray back, wings, and head, but a completely white Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:38:33 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/236 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/236 The current issue of E/The Environmental Magazine has an article on brownfield restoration in which RRBO's work at the Detroit River International Wildlife Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:24:59 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/235 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/235 There is still migratory movement -- a huge push of robins at dawn this morning, headed southwest. There are plenty on campus feasting on the copious fruit Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:31 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/234 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/234 By popular demand (yours and mine), you can now make donations directly to the Rouge River Bird Observatory through the University of Michigan's online giving. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:02:33 GMT rbnu728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/233 I hope everyone has had a chance to read RRBO's most recent blog post at Net Results (http://bit.ly/1v2Fca). Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:42:26 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/232 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/232 Still present today were a Green Heron and Chimney Swift. We were serenaded by a Winter Wren between net runs, and we also saw a Purple Finch. The usual Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:04:53 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/231 I banded a late Cape May Warbler today; this beats our late date by three days. There were more Yellow-rumped Warblers around today, but still very few juncos, Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:51:56 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/230 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/230 I posted this on the blog (http://net-results.blogspot.com), but wanted to let as many people as possible know that I am still unable to update the RRBO web Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:13:58 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/229 Things have not been rip-roaring around here, but there have been a number of new fall arrivals this week: Mourning Warbler 9/20 Lincoln's Sparrow 9/22 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:13:48 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/228 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/228 There is a Detroit Audubon field trip on Sunday morning here to the UM-D campus. Right now, the forecast is for possible rain and probably high winds. If you Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:21:41 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/227 Breezy conditions prevented us from opening all our nets today, but we did get our first White-throated Sparrow of the season. This is a little earlier than Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:48:01 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/226 Our first boreal-nesting migrant was banded today, a Canada Warbler. Today I also recaptured a Red-eyed Vireo that I first banded as an adult in fall 2003. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:48:47 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/225 RRBO kicked off the 18th fall banding season today. Most of the catches were locally breeding birds, although a Veery was likely a migrant, albeit from Thu, 28 May 2009 15:03:03 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/224 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/224 A female Hooded Warbler was found in the Rose Garden today. This is a record late spring date for this species in Dearborn, although they do nest occasionally Tue, 26 May 2009 16:29:33 GMT Julie Craves http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRBO_birds/message/223 A female Connecticut Warbler was seen this morning on campus near Fairlane Drive in the brush dump. Subsequent attempts to relocate it were unsuccessful. The