BANDED JUVENILE OVENBIRD, PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY, MILFORD, ON

      This juvenile Ovenbird was just banded; in the first photo you can see the band on one of its toes.  We can ID this warbler as an Ovenbird by its bold white eye-ring, black streaks on its underparts and dark lateral crown stripes with orange-tinged center.

BANDED JUVENILE WHITE THROATED SPARROW, PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY, MILFORD, ON

   This juvenile White-throated Sparrow was just banded; you can see the band on one of its toes.  It was estimated that this sparrow was 1 -2 months old.

NONBREEDING EUROPEAN STARLING, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

VIEWS FROM OWEN POINT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   The first photo shows a colony of Double-crested Cormorants, with a Mute Swan in the foreground in the water.  The second photo shows mostly Double-crested Cormorants in the background with Caspian Terns in the foreground.  The third photo shows a mixture of cormorants, terns and gulls, with a Mute Swan in the water.

MALLARD FLAPPING ITS WINGS, MARSH BOARDWALK TRAIL, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

BANDING OF A JUVENILE RED-EYED VIREO, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

BANDING OF A FEMALE COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   The first photo shows the female Common Yellowthroat just after it was taken off the mist net.  The next photos show the band being put on the warbler and its wing being measured.  Since this banding is being performed outdoors, the bird is not weighed, because of the sensitivity of the scale to wind, vibration, etc.  The bird is also checked for its storage of fat.  The last photo shows the bird after it has been banded.