• Posts tagged with Blackpoll Warbler

    Owls and Tennessee Warblers Find VCE Nets on Mansfield

    Owls and Tennessee Warblers Find VCE Nets on Mansfield

    VCE enjoyed an eventful, if quiet, final summer field trip to our long-term study site on the Mt. Mansfield ridgeline. Banding highlights included a juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owl, 2 adult Tennessee Warblers, and 12 juvenile Bicknell’s Thrushes.

    Seasonal Changes in Evidence on Mt. Mansfield

    Seasonal Changes in Evidence on Mt. Mansfield

    VCE’s latest field visit to Mt. Mansfield yielded signs that seasonal changes are in store, as free-flying juveniles, molting adults and non-local dispersers are beginning to supplant the resident breeders in our mist nets.

    Mt. Mansfield Yields Avian Surprises

    Mt. Mansfield Yields Avian Surprises

    VCE’s seventh weekly visit to our long-term study site on the Mt. Mansfield ridgeline yielded a few avian surprises, including the only Indigo Bunting recorded in 25 years of field work.

    Mansfield Update: Hardy Survivors and a Site-faithful Sharpie

    Mansfield Update: Hardy Survivors and a Site-faithful Sharpie

    After forced cancellation of a planned field trip to Mt. Mansfield in early June, when wind chills on the ridgeline plummeted to 14 degrees F, VCE returned on June 15-16. The avian chorus was subdued, but the hardiness of resident birds was evident. A male Sharp-shinned Hawk banded in 2013 was a surprise returnee in our nets.

    The Blackpoll Warbler's Daring Trans-Atlantic Migration

    The Blackpoll Warbler’s Daring Trans-Atlantic Migration

    VCE has helped to document one of the most amazing feats of migration on the planet: the Blackpoll Warbler’s flight over the Atlantic Ocean non-stop for up to three days. Our research on the flights is published today in the journal Biology Letters.

    Languages, by Tina Scharf

    Languages, by Tina Scharf

    After some calculations, I realize that I must go to my Mountain Bird Watch survey site this very night –…