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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

Today was an interesting day with 71 new birds banded and one returning Ovenbird from Fall 2010 captured. The night

Migration got off to a slow start this fall, but birds finally started moving in decent numbers around Sept 11

The pace of banding has slowed down a bit with the wind shift back to easterly, but new species continue

Wed Sept 24 was an interesting day both weather-wise and bird-wise. Forty-eight new birds were banded of 15 species, with no