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Passerine Spring Migration Monitoring
Navarre Marsh

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Navarre, Ottawa County, OH (lat. 413 - long. 0830)

The 31^st spring season began daily 16 April at the primary passerine banding station of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Operations are conducted daily weather permitting from mid-April to early June. Only raw data (i.e., uncorrected for effort) are presented here, all of these data should be considered provisional. They are presented here for general interest, not as scientific analyses.

Spring 2009 Banding - New Bandings only

Date	Number Banded 2009	Accumulative Banded 2009	Birds/Net Hour	Same Date 2008
4-02	27		0.87
4-08	49	76	0.67
4-09	38	114	0.45
4-13		114		82
4-14		114		159
4-15		114		189
4-16	22	136	0.23	220
4-17	20	156	0.21	220
4-18	104	260	0.55	294
4-19	58	318	0.54	337
4-20	109	427	1.01	415
4-21	68	495	0.67	445
4-22	59	554	0.46	465
4-23	50	604	0.38	598
4-24	327	931	2.97	649
4-25	173	1104	2.44	844
4-26	171	1275	1.18	1105
4-27	334	1609	3.19	1392
4-28	91	1700	1.32	1669
4-29	592	2292	2.78	1852
4-30	224	2516	2.16	1982
5-01	161	2677	1.02	2120
5-02	265	2942	1.71	2290
5-03	210	3152	1.46	2376
5-04	73	3225	0.55	2595
5-05	61	3286	0.48	2796
5-06	166	3452	0.92	2984
5-07	125	3577	0.78	3214
5-08	578	4155	2.72	3356
5-09	391	4546	3.33	3546
5-10	500	5046	2.56	3652
5-11	327	5373	2.03	3717
5-12	118	5491	0.82	3810
5-13	282	5773	1.59	3933
5-14	288	6061	1.79	4222
5-15	251	6312	1.55	4369
5-16	682	6994	3.87	4554
5-17	458	7452	2.49	4888
5-18	272	7724	1.53	5152
5-19	347	8071	1.97	5303
5-20	306	8377	1.90	5636
5-21	281	8658	1.59	5753
5-22	172	8830	1.02	6031
5-23	99	8929	0.63	6248
5-24	125	9054	0.81	6350
5-25	57	9111	0.46	6508
5-26	52	9163	0.39	6895
5-27	170	9333	1.05	7076
5-28	186	9519	1.35	7176
5-29	110	9629	0.70	7261
5-30	73	9702	0.49	7442
5-31	51	9753	0.35	7568
6-01	84	9837	0.55	7640
6-02	42	9879	0.32	7693
6-03	42	9921	0.29	7714
6-04	18	9939	0.13	7736
6-05	34	9973	0.23	7775
6-06	39	10012	0.25	7789
6-07				7822

Bird Movement: Short distance migrants began moving along the Lake Erie coast in early April. Good movements of Fox Sparrows and Rusty Blackbirds have started.

First wave began on the 24^th April. Major movement with great variety. 93 species counted from banding site alone. The major first wave has continued through the 27^th with surprising numbers and diversity. 23 species warbler alone seen on the 27^th, part of 115 species observed on the study site. Storm cold front arrived at 9 AM on the 28^th. Temperature went from 60s to 40s in minutes as wind switched from SW to a Lake Erie Northeaster. Bird and insect activity heavily affected in the light rain.

Weather appears that the second wave may hit on the 7^th or 8^th. Diversity began increasing on the 6^th but volume was low. The wave hit big time. Tremendous variety and volume on the 8^th -10^th.

Second pulse of the second wave hit on the 16^th with great volume and diversity. Magnolia Warbler became dominant and variety of flycatchers appeared.

Third wave began 21 May with an increase in flycatchers and Red-eyed Vireos along with Wilson, Canada, Mourning and redstarts.

Migration is winding down with a minor push with a SW wind on 6 June.

Returns: Each year we recover 200-300 banded birds returning from previous years. Returns so far for 2009:

1 – Eastern Screech Owl

6 – Downy Woodpecker

4 – Blue Jay

32 – Red winged Blackbird

9 – Baltimore Oriole

2 – Common Grackle

4 – Song Sparrow

25 – Northern Cardinal

2 – Indigo Bunting

2 – Tree Swallow

2 – Warbling Vireo

4 – Prothonotary Warbler (a 7 years old)

1 – Nashville Warbler (banded 4-30-07)

39 – Yellow Warbler

19 – Common Yellowthroat (a 7 year old & a 9 year old)

50 – Gray Catbird (1 a foreign recapture from Dearborn, MI)

3 – Brown Thrasher

1 – Carolina Wren

8 – House Wren

3 – Black-capped Chickadee

5 – American Robin

1 – foreign Sharp-shinned Hawk

1 – foreign American Redstart
(banded 8-21-08, Thunder Cape, Ontario)

SPECIES SUMMARY

Species summary for the Navarre banding station, spring 2009. Includes first/last capture, peak capture, 2009 new banded total, 2008 total for the species, and the total, high year and average for 1989-2008. The station began operation in 1981 but was not run daily until 1989.

Last date is only included if the species main migration has passed through the region.

2009 totals bold if surpassed year 2008 totals, blue if surpassed average, and red if record year

Updated last: 06 June

Species	First /Last Capture	Peak Capture	2009 Total	2008 Total		1989 – 2008 Total – High - Avg
Green Heron				0		1	1	<1
Virginia Rail				0		1	1	<1
Sora				0		6	3	<1
American Woodcock				2		12	3	<1
Solitary Sandpiper				0		1	1	<1
Mourning Dove	5/12		1	0		10	2	<1
Sharp-shinned Hawk				12		62	12	3
Cooper’s Hawk				0		1	1	<1
American Kestrel				0		13	3	<1
Eastern Screech-Owl				1		4	1	<1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	5/14		1	1		46	6	2
Black-billed Cuckoo	5/8		1	3		71	7	4
Hairy Woodpecker	5/13		1	1		7	2	<1
Downy Woodpecker	4/16	5/2-3	6	9		85	9	4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	4/18		1	2		71	11	4
Red-headed Woodpecker				1		5	1	<1
Red-bellied Woodpecker	5/2		1	0		12	2	<1
Yellow-shafted Flicker	4/8	4/20-4	10	7		103	16	5
Chuck-will’s-widow	5/21		1	0		0	0	0
Whip-poor-will	5/7		1	2		19	3	<1
Common Nighthawk				0		1	1	<1
Chimney Swift				0		1	1	<1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	5/8-31	5/14-8	47	45		888	115	59
Eastern Kingbird	5/27		1	12		117	12	6
Great Crested Flycatcher	4/24-6/3	5/13-7	20	12		446	44	22
Eastern Phoebe	4/2-25	4/8-3	10	2		88	24	4
Olive-sided Flycatcher				2		48	7	2
Eastern Wood Pewee	5/7-6/1	5/28-6	32	34		650	53	33
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	5/9-6/6	5/28-15	105	149		2282	216	114
Acadian Flycatcher	5/14-6/6	5/28-4	18	11		687	125	34
Traill’s Flycatcher	5/9-6/6	5/27-47	303	339		5506	648	275
Least Flycatcher	4/24-5/30	5/10-13	108	56		2330	186	117
Dusky Flycatcher				0		1	1	<1
Blue Jay	4/2	5/9-11	56	36		1158	205	58
Red-winged Blackbird	4/2	4/29-19	148	213		2621	220	131
Orchard Oriole	5/28		1	0		36	4	2
Baltimore Oriole	5/6	5/9-7	25	34		746	72	37
Rusty Blackbird	4/2-5/10	4/2-2	7	2		91	19	5
Common Grackle	4/8	4/20-2	32	29		304	34	15
Purple Finch	4/21		1	2		40	15	2
House Finch				0		29	8	2
American Goldfinch	4/17	5/17-4	24	18		1522	192	76
Pine Siskin	5/16		1	0		1	1	<1
Vesper Sparrow				0		1	1	<1
Savanna Sparrow				0		9	2	<1
Grasshopper Sparrow				0		5	2	<1
Henslow’s Sparrow				0		3	1	<1
Harris Sparrow				0		1	1	<1
White-crowned Sparrow	5/3-19	5/8-14	58		51	957	86	48
White-crowned Sparrow Gambel’s	5/14		1		1	12	4	<1
White- throated Sparrow	4/16-5/30	4/27-97	634		756	10314	756	516
American Tree Sparrow	4/2-25	4/2-2	6		0	99	21	5
Chipping Sparrow	4/24	4/24-9	9		6	99	12	5
Clay-colored Sparrow					0	5	1	<1
Field Sparrow	4/18-5/3	4/24-4	14		7	236	27	12
Slate-colored Junco	4/8-24	4/20-7	24		3	397	87	20
Song Sparrow	4/2	4/17-5	42		25	1066	112	53
Lincoln’s Sparrow	4/26-6/2	5/8-10	81		43	2051	196	103
Swamp Sparrow	4/16	4/28-9	116		86	4379	384	219
Fox Sparrow	4/2-23	4/8-10	23		10	320	41	16
Eastern Towhee	4/24-5/6		3		7	71	8	4
Spotted Towhee					0	1	1	<1
Northern Cardinal	4/2	4/18-4	38		58	716	58	36
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	4/30-5/16	5/8-3	13		21	604	106	30
Blue Grosbeak					0	1	1	<1
Indigo Bunting	4/25	5/16-14	84		49	2149	165	107
Scarlet Tanager	4/24-5/18	5/10-2	9		5	154	17	8
Summer Tanager					2	14	3	<1
Barn Swallow					0	5	2	<1
Tree Swallow	4/23	5/7-3	17		13	303	28	15
N. Rough-winged Swallow					0	4	2	<1
Cedar Waxwing	5/8-6/5	5/9-5	18		12	1141	198	57
Loggerhead Shrike					1	1	1	<1
Red-eyed Vireo	4/24	5/16-18	149		96	4068	385	203
Philadelphia Vireo	5/8-27	5/17-5	27		11	542	59	27
Warbling Vireo	4/25	5/9-6	21		13	471	54	24
Yellow-throated Vireo	4/26-5/11		3		1	43	8	2
Blue-headed Vireo	4/24-5/24	5/8-6	40		19	419	42	21
White-eyed Vireo	4/24-5/22	4/25-4	14		14	277	23	14
Black-and-white Warbler	4/24-6/3	5/17-10	87		81	2129	359	106
Hybrid warbler					0	2	1	<1
Prothonotary Warbler	4/29	4/29-2	6		11	127	13	6
Swainson’s Warbler					0	1	1	<1
Worm-eating Warbler	4/26-5/8	4/26-2	5		3	23	3	1
Blue-winged Warbler	4/24-5/21	4/26-3	21		12	362	31	18
“Brewster’s Warbler”					2	17	3	<1
“Lawrence’s Warbler”					0	1	1	<1
Golden-winged Warbler	5/3-16		3		1	96	11	5
Nashville Warbler	4/24-6/4	5/10-65	430		299	3702	357	185
Orange-crowned Warbler	4/27-5/20	5/10-3	10		20	206	27	10
Tennessee Warbler	4/24-6/1	5/16-58	197		125	2283	268	114
Northern Parula	5/6-21	5/17-14	34		21	172	21	9
Cape May Warbler	4/27-18	5/17-15	33		42	706	83	35
Yellow Warbler	4/24	5/8-74	561		393	7267	520	363
Black-throated Blue Warbler	5/4-31	5/17-14	63		55	1088	131	54
Myrtle Warbler	4/18-5/22	4/29-374	1414		1078	9931	1078	497
Magnolia Warbler	4/27-6/2	5/16-124	686		414	12982	1282	649
Cerulean Warbler					0	35	6	2
Chestnut-sided Warbler	4/25-6/1	5/16-29	199		104	2990	231	150
Bay-breasted Warbler	5/8-27	5/19-14	75		17	1384	137	69
Blackpoll Warbler	4/27-6/2	5/22-32	176		91	1235	145	62
Blackburnian Warbler	5/1-6/1	5-19-9	65		18	593	70	30
Yellow-throated Warbler	5/2		1		0	3	1