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Passerine Spring Migration Monitoring
Petersburg, Michigan

Petersburg, Michigan
This is the fifteenth season since 1989 this station has been run.  It is a scrub-shrub habitat west of Lake Erie.  It provides a comparison to lake effect stations run by the Observatory.

Date

Number Banded
2009

Accumulative Banded
2009

Birds/Net Hour

Same Date
2008

4-05

 

 

 

43

4-10

19

 

0.14

73

4-18

16

35

0.13

73

4-25

15

50

0.16

73

4-26

56

106

0.44

85

4-27

 

106

 

101

5-09

 

106

 

121

5-10

36

142

0.26

121

5-16

 

142

 

144

5-17

38

180

0.27

144

5-18

 

180

 

162

5-29

10

190

0.08

162

5-30

7

197

0.07

162

5-31

7

204

0.05

162


Last Update: 31 May

Species

First /Last Capture

Peak Capture

2009 Total

2008
Total

1989 - 2008
Total  –  High -  Avg

Wood Duck

5/17

 

1

0

0

0

0

American Woodcock

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

Solitary Sandpiper

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

Mourning Dove

 

 

 

0

6

2

<1

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

 

 

0

6

2

<1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

Black-billed Cuckoo

5/30

 

1

0

1

1

<1

Hairy Woodpecker

 

 

 

1

7

2

<1

Downy Woodpecker

4/18

 

2

1

32

7

2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 

 

 

0

3

2

<1

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 

 

 

0

3

1

<1

Yellow-shafted Flicker

 

 

 

0

10

2

<1

Great Crested Flycatcher

 

 

 

0

4

2

<1

Eastern Phoebe

4/10

 

1

0

3

1

<1

Eastern Wood Pewee

 

 

 

0

3

1

<1

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

 

 

 

0

16

7

1

Acadian Flycatcher

 

 

 

0

6

1

<1

Traill’s Flycatcher

 

 

 

0

49

12

3

Least Flycatcher

 

 

 

2

22

4

1

Blue jay

4/26

 

2

0

50

11

3

Brown-headed Cowbird

4/18

 

2

3

37

8

2

Red-winged Blackbird

4/25

4/26-2

3

2

84

22

6

Orchard Oriole

 

 

 

0

6

2

<1

Baltimore Oriole

5/17

5/17-3

3

1

48

10

3

Rusty Blackbird

 

 

 

0

15

5

1

Common Grackle

4/10

5/17-5

8

6

122

19

8

House Finch

 

 

 

0

16

7

1

American Goldfinch

4/10

4/18-8

13

5

487

86

32

Pine Siskin

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

White-crowned Sparrow

 

 

 

0

5

2

<1

White-throated Sparrow

4/25-5/10

4/26-3

6

4

106

44

7

American Tree Sparrow

 

 

 

1

4

2

<1

Chipping Sparrow

4/18

 

1

2

87

15

6

Field Sparrow

4/10

 

2

0

47

9

3

Slate-colored Junco

4/10

4/10-3

3

39

238

60

16

Song Sparrow

4/10

 

2

2

89

18

6

Lincoln Sparrow

 

 

 

0

15

4

1

Swamp Sparrow

4/26

 

1

1

26

8

2

Fox Sparrow

 

 

 

1

11

4

<1

Eastern Towhee

 

 

 

1

11

5

<1

Northern Cardinal

4/10

4/10-3

12

7

134

16

9

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

5/10

 

1

3

22

6

1

Indigo Bunting

5/10

 

2

0

38

11

3

Barn Swallow

 

 

 

0

2

2

<1

Cedar Waxwing

 

 

 

0

21

12

2

Red-eyed Vireo

 

 

 

0

11

3

<1

Philadelphia Vireo

 

 

 

0

2

1

<1

Warbling Vireo

4/26

 

1

0

40

8

3

Blue-headed Vireo

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

White-eyed Vireo

4/26-5/29

 

2

0

4

2

<1

Black-and-white Warbler

4/25

 

1

0

16

5

1

Blue-winged Warbler

 

 

 

1

16

4

1

Golden-winged Warbler

 

 

 

0

2

1

<1

Nashville Warbler

4/26

5/10-3

5

4

33

9

2

Orange-crowned Warbler

 

 

 

1

4

2

<1

Tennessee Warbler

5/17

 

1

0

15

4

1

Northern Parula

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

Cape May Warbler

 

 

 

0

2

1

<1

Yellow Warbler

4/25

 

1

0

83

15

6

Black-throated Blue Warbler

5/10

 

1

1

6

2

<1

Myrtle Warbler

4/25

4/26-23

24

6

67

15

4

Magnolia Warbler

5/10

5/17-2

3

1

58

16

4

Chestnut-sided Warbler

 

 

 

0

6

2

<1

Bay-breasted Warbler

 

 

 

0

2

1

<1

Blackpoll Warbler

5/17

 

1

0

5

2

<1

Blackburnian Warbler

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

Black-throated Green Warbler

 

 

 

0

3

2

<1

Western Palm Warbler

4/26-5/17

4/26-8

9

0

31

15

2

Ovenbird

5/10

5/10-3

3

0

26

11

2

Northern Waterthrush

5/10

5/17-2

3

1

53

12

4

Kentucky Warbler

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

Mourning Warbler

 

 

 

0

16

5

1

Common Yellowthroat

5/10

5/10-2

3

1

72

19

5

Yellow-breasted Chat

 

 

 

0

4

1

<1

Wilson’s Warbler

 

 

 

0

38

14

3

Canada Warbler

5/17

 

1

2

16

4

1

American Redstart

5/10

5/10-3

6

4

48

14

3

House Sparrow

 

 

 

0

18

7

1

Gray Catbird

4/26

5/29-6

15

10

349

62

23

Brown Thrasher

 

 

 

0

22

5

2

Carolina Wren

 

 

 

0

1

1

<1

House Wren

5/10

 

3

1

33

9

2

Winter Wren

 

 

 

1

5

1

<1

Brown Creeper

4/10

 

1

0

9

3

<1

White-breasted Nuthatch

 

 

 

1

5

1

<1

Tufted Titmouse

 

 

 

2

15

3

1

Black-capped Chickadee

 

 

 

0

27

5

2

Golden-crowned Kinglet

4/10

4/10-2

2

1

23

9

2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

4/10

4/26-2

3

2

138

43

9

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

 

 

 

0

6

3

<1

Wood Thrush

5/10

5/10-2

3

0

16

4

1

Veery

5/10

5/17-2

3

3

19

3

1

Gray-cheeked Thrush

4/26

5/17-2

3

0

29

5

2

Swainson’s Thrush

4/26

5/17-5

9

4

65

11

4

Hermit Thrush

4/18

4/26-3

4

2

42

9

3

American Robin

4/10

4/10-3

13

21

331

53

22

Eastern Bluebird

4/25

 

1

0

6

3

<1

TOTAL

 

 

204

162

3,642

569

243

 

 

 

Last updated on Monday, April 04, 2011

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