MAPS Visit 6-Maplewood Bog (MABO)
The penultimate visit to MABO in 2009 was completed on July 25. Weather during the morning was more like spring with cool temperatures, thick fog and cloudy skies. A result [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
the Nest Files – Field Sparrow
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Nidiologicals-Peck and James (1987) and M.Carey et.al. (1994) Habitat=field, pastures and second growth forest edges and clearings Microhabitat=nest built on or near ground; elevated in shrubs [...]
MAPS Visit 5-Rock Ridge
Fieldwork for the Frontenac Breeding Birds program is still rolling along with the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program. Since our last reports on visit three to each of the [...]
Project Whip-poor-will in 2009
h Project Whip-poor-will, our pilot study to examine protocols suitable for long-term monitoring of Whip-poor-will populations in Ontario, was successfully completed this summer by FBS staff. The Whip-poor-will is the [...]
Nest under construction: Red-eyed Vireo
CLICK HERE to watch this video in High Definition on Vimeo The above video was captured over a period of four and a half days from June 27-July 1, 2009. [...]
the Nest Files – Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Nidiologicals (from Peck and James 1987) Habitat=deciduous and mixed woodlands; rural areas Microhabitat=primarily man made structures in open forested habitats but also in natural crevices and [...]
MAPS Visit 3-Rock Ridge
Our third visit to Rock Ridge was a much busier affair than the last when just 9 birds were captured in six hours in mid June. We finished the morning [...]
