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The station was closed Sunday due to inclement weather from Tropical Low Pressure Trough Erika, and the strong thunderstorms that […]

August is generally a slow month for the banding station as the pace of migration doesn’t really pick up until

The Fall 2015 banding season started with a slow day on August 20. There was a lull in migration after

Today was the last day of banding at Cape Florida. Birds are still moving through, although in lower numbers. Gray

We banded a new species for the station today; an Ash-throated flycatcher! The week had been pretty quiet as high

We were unable to open nets on Oct 24 due to stormy conditions from low pressure in the Florida Straits,

Last week we had northerly winds with no rain; this week we have easterly winds with rain. A frontal boundary

We were anticipating the cold front that swept through south Florida on Oct 16, and although the lower humidity has

The number of birds banded has dropped off since the big push after the front on Oct 5, but the

We finally got the long-anticipated cold front Saturday night, and woke up Sunday Oct 5 to slightly cooler temperatures and much