I spent the day setting up the nets around the bog and only had them open for a few hours around noon. Not the birdiest time of the day and the two Black-capped Chickadees I caught were testament to that. However, one of them was a recapture and was originally banded in September of 2006 as an HY bird (born that summer). So, she is a four year old bird which is quite respectable for anything that small that withstands Michigan winters year after year.
Sorry, no pictures. The "brand new" batteries in my camera were not so brand new, apparently. I'll be out again on Thursday. Hopefully, it will be a bit busier.
Providing the daily banding results for the Alma College Bird Observatory.
The Alma College Bird Observatory is operated by Mike Bishop of the Alma College Biology Department. The ACBO operates from April through October banding breeding birds and transient migrants as well as conducting directed studies of various breeding and overwintering species. The Vestaburg Station is located in Vestaburg, MI about 16 miles west of Alma. It is situated at the Alma College Ecological Station. The station is 186 acres of mixed hardwood forest, old fields, willow marshes and a relic boreal bog and lake. The Chippewa Nature Center Station is located at Dragonfly Marsh on the property of the Chippewa Nature Center near Midland, MI. It is approximately 96 acres and is a mixture of old fields, young forest and a large mitigated wetland.
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