Kinglets Rule October!
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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2013 Big Bald Bird Migration Project Begins!
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 […]
SARR MAPS Ends on Rare Blue Note
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 […]
What’s With the Waxwings?
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 […]
Fledglings Flood SARR MAPS!
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 […]
SARR MAPS Season Soars into Summer!
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 […]
Wanted: Young Bird Enthusiasts for VBS 2013!
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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