Migration Timing

Banding Charts

Click on the links below to see timing of migration for birds captured at FBBO between 1999 and 2009. Weather patterns and banding effort (hours with nets open and number of nets) can have huge impacts on capture rates. Many birds breed and/or winter around the banding area, so when looking at the charts keep in mind that the large number of birds caught on August 1st aren’t necessarily migrants, but rather mostly are birds that bred and hatched around the station (e.g. Field Sparrows). Because we start fall banding August 1st we miss the start of migration for several species (e.g. Yellow Warblers and Empidonax flycatchers) as they start moving south in July.

Numbers used for the charts below are made up of new birds caught, repeats and returns. The charts below are modeled on those done by Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. Comparisons can be made between the timing of migration by birds at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory in New York and movements of birds here at FBBO.

Additional species will be added as more banding data is collected.

All files are PDF.

• Herons

  Green Heron

• Shorebirds
  • American Woodcock
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Spotted Sandpiper
• Quail
  • Northern Bobwhite
• Doves

  Mourning Dove

• Owls

  Northern Saw-whet Owl

• Raptors
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Cooper’s Hawk
  • American Kestrel
• Cuckoos
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
• Kingfishers
  • Belted Kingfisher
• Woodpeckers
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Yellow-shafted Flicker
• Hummingbirds
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Flycatchers
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Great-crested Flycatcher
  • Eastern Pheobe
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  •  Acadian Flycatcher
  • “Traill’s” Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
• Jays

  Blue Jay

• Starlings
  • European Starling
• Blackbirds and Allies
  • Bobolink
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Common Grackle
• Finches
  • Purple Finch
  • House Finch
  • American Goldfinch
  • Pine Siskin
• Sparrows
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Grasshopper Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Clay-colored Sparrow
  • Field Sparrow
  • Slate-colored Junco
  • Song Sparrow
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Eastern Towhee
• Cardinals and Allies
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Dickcissel
• Tanagers
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Summer Tanager
• Swallows
  • Barn Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Bank Swallow
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Waxwings
  • Cedar Waxwing
• Vireos
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Warbling Vireo
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • White-eyed Vireo
• Warblers
  • Black and White Warbler
  • Black and White Warbler (by sex)
  • Prothonotary Warbler
  • Worm-eating Warbler
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Blue-winged Warbler (by sex)
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler (by sex)
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler (by sex)
  • Northern Parula
  • Northern Parula (by sex)
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Yellow Warbler (by sex)
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler (by sex)
  • Myrtle Warbler
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Magnolia Warbler (by sex)
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler (by sex)
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler (by sex)
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler (by sex)
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler (by sex)
  • Pine Warbler
  • Pine Warbler (by sex)
  • Western Palm Warbler
  • Yellow Palm Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler (by sex)
  • Ovenbird
  • Ovenbird (by sex)
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Kentucky Warbler
  • Connecticut Warbler
  • Connecticut Warbler (by sex)
  • Mourning Warbler
  • Mourning Warbler (by sex)
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Yellow-breasted Chat
  • Hooded Warbler
  • Wilson’s Warbler
  • Wilson’s Warbler (by sex)
  • Canada Warbler
  • Canada Warbler (by sex)
  • American Redstart
  • American Redstart (by sex)
• Mimids
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Gray Catbird
  • Brown Thrasher
• Wrens
  • Carolina Wren
  • House Wren
  • Winter Wren
  • Marsh Wren
• Creepers and Nuthatches
  • Brown Creeper
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • Red-Breasted Nuthatch
• Chickadees and Titmice
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Carolina Chickadee
• Kinglets
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Gnatcatchers
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Thrushes
  • Wood Thrush
  • Veery
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Bicknell’s Thrush
  • Swainson’s Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • American Robin
  • Eastern Bluebird