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Author Archives: Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Kinglets Rule October!

October 27, 2013by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

A reign of kinglets has been providing some late season excitement at the banding station this October!  Kinglet numbers are over double last year’s totals, boosting our October passerines banded […]

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News
Nashville Warbler

2013 Big Bald Bird Migration Project Begins!

September 6, 2013by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

August 28 was the official opening day of the 2013 Big Bald Bird Migration Project. Seven birds of seven species were banded: Cape May Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, American Redstart, Black-throated […]

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Migration, News, Songbirds

SARR MAPS Ends on Rare Blue Note

August 11, 2013by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

The SARR MAPS season (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) ended this week on a “blue note” but we are happy with the results and the diversity of birds sampled. “First of […]

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News

What’s With the Waxwings?

July 31, 2013by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

What’s with the Waxwings, we wonder? We’ve banded more Cedar Waxwings this summer than any previous MAPS season: 10 at Big Bald, 5 at Cowee, and 1 at Tessentee. Last […]

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Fledglings Flood SARR MAPS!

July 19, 2013by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Wet weather kept all three SARR MAPS sites and schedules ‘fluid’ over the past two weeks, but the most recent MAPS samples yielded the highest bird numbers and greatest diversity […]

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MAPS, News

SARR MAPS Season Soars into Summer!

June 23, 2013by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Southern Appalachian Raptor Research started the 2013 MAPS season last month with bird samples at each of three MAPS locations. Visitors and volunteers assisting at SARR MAPS sites included the […]

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MAPS, News

Wanted: Young Bird Enthusiasts for VBS 2013!

March 9, 2013by Blue Ridge Bird Observatory

Southern Appalachian Raptor Research will offer Vacation Bird School (VBS) July 8-12, 2013. VBS is a `bird-brained’, science day-camp providing an intensive and fun immersion into the ecology of breeding birds, using […]

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