Of sparrows & sapsuckers
Photo by Dan Froehlich. Lincoln’s Sparrows up at Cash Prairie continued to pose identification challenges for the student Lincoln's Sparrow. Photo by Dan Froehlich. banders, illustrating that bird id...
View ArticleA family occasion: family banding weekend!
Three families braved the threat of the campside rattlesnake and joined us at the McDaniel Lake field station for our first ever family banding weekend. We were fortunate to have 9 year old Andrew and...
View ArticleThink like a Sora Rail
Photo by Dan Froehlich The highlight of teen banding camp came on Thursday when the students flushed a Sora Rail out of the marsh that chanced to fly up toward the camp and tried to hide among some...
View ArticleSora rail portraits
All the students had a chance to hold the Sora so they could experience firsthand where the expression “thin as a rail” originates: rails actually show extreme lateral compression to their breastbone,...
View ArticleSora rail release
Ryan, our Audubon staffer, let the Sora go out by the marsh where the students first discovered it. The bird took off from his hand, proving to be a remarkably strong flier. Ironically, it flew clear...
View ArticleAdult Banding Camp 2011 Off and Running
PSBO’s bander training program, the Cascades Banding Camp is in its eighth summer. We offer a six night course for adults and a five night course for teens. This year’s adult camp, full to capacity,...
View ArticleTeen camp: bird bonanza & headlamp soccer encore
Photo by Sarah Krueger After a slow morning at the mist nets at Cash Prairie (elevation 6,000 feet), bird activity suddenly picked up and yielded the highest capture day of the season. The Teen...
View ArticleThe Route to McDaniel Lake
For those of you coming up to the McDaniel Field Station this summer – here is some information about where we are. Click here for our Google Maps site which pinpoints the location. Zoom way in and...
View ArticleAdult Camp Over – Teen Camp Starting!
A busy week of 12 adult banding trainees and four staff yielded a lot of fun, and many birds! We were so busy with banding that we just couldn’t get a chance to update the PSBO blog. Though the week...
View ArticleBanding Blitz and Training Camp Photos
As promised, here are some pictures we’ve taken! (And a bit more about the goings-on up here this year.) One of the projects PSBO is working on is collecting data of bird mark and recapture rates...
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