Photo: Claude Nadeau/Audubon
TENNESSEE WARBLER
(Vermivora peregrina)
Southern Ontario's Long Point Bird Observatory reached its 1 millionth bird banding on May 29th of this year, at 8.15 a.m. eastern time, when a second-year female Tennessee Warbler was banded. It was banded, had a few photos taken and was released. Shortly thereafter, a Yellow Warbler was the 1 millionth and two bird banded. 57 years ago, the first bird to be banded and entered in the LPBO database was a Song Sparrow. As the longest-running bird-banding station in the western hemisphere, LPBO is sure it has set a record, possibly a global record. The most banded bird species at LPBO is the White-throated Sparrow, at 81,697 over the course of 60 years.
Please comment if you wish.
BarrytheBirder
No comments:
Post a Comment