Station Name: Cabot Head Research Station of the Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory
Season: Fall
Year: 2005
first year of operation: 1998
# of year of operation with the same protocol: 4
First Day of coverage : August 16
Last Day of coverage: October 31
Total days with coverage: 68
% of season with adequate or better coverage: 70
# of staff : 1
# of volunteers approx. : 11
# of person-days effort: 224
Observation effort: census, bay watch, casual,
Trapping effort
number of nets : 15
standard net-hours/d : 90
trap-hours/d : N/A
# of net-hours: 4774
# of species observed and/or captured: 146
# of species captured/banded: 67
total banded : 2477
total recaptures : 477 encounters with 292 individuals of 27 species
# of mortalities/injuries : 13
banding totals for top 10 species: 1886
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-eyed Vireo
Myrtle Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Cedar Waxwing
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Black-throated Green Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Redstart
717
239
204
199
117
113
81
78
73
65
% HY: 93
# of returning individuals : 9
# of foreign captures: 1
Species Peak (date, #) : August 26, 50
Captures Peak (date, #) : October 17, 150 (141 BCCH)
Owl banding
Number of nets : 3 owl nets, 3 mist nets
# of net-hours : 423
# of NSWO: 7
Highlights:
Changes in species abundance/frequency (firsts, highs and lows):
first ever PIGR banded, first ever WOTH and NOPA banded in fall
highest numbers for fall for many species : BCCH, RBNU, REVI, all the Catharus (except
SWTH), TEWA, NAWA, MAWA, MYWA, BBWA, BLPW, OVEN, WTSP
lowest number for : GCKI, RCKI, BTNW, AMRE
foreign recovery: 1 MYWA
Rare Birds : Townsend’s Solitaire, Red-throated Loon
No changes in station organization or facilities.
No changes in coverage or protocol
Stephane Menu
Field Ornithologist/Bander-in-Charge
Cabot Head Research Station, Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory
stefmenu@hotmail.com
www.bpbo.ca
Station phone : 519-795-7484
If only we understood that a mere bird crossing the sky is an immense world of delights closed
to our five senses. William D. Blake