Bird Banding End of 2020 Season Summary
Bird Banding End of 2020 Season Summary

2020 ended up being an odd year to start COS’s first ever bird banding station at Big Marsh! Our banding team was not even sure we would be able to get the banding station up and running this year. But after 5 successful dates in the field between June and August, our first banding season wrapped up for the summer.

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ConservationEdward Warden
A bird for all seasons? Questions about springtime and the great American robin
A bird for all seasons? Questions about springtime and the great American robin

Then when I arrived at the kids’ school, there were two robins in a small grassy patch. A few signs of spring, I thought to myself—bright spots on a wintry day. But were these harbingers of spring? I’ve been quick, probably too quick, to correct people in the past when they cite robins’ return as a sign of spring. “Robins are here all year round,” I’d say."

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CommunityEdward Warden