It’s mid-June and, like clockwork, I found a lady songbird today who looks to have been involved in some post-breeding…
12 June 2017 – no casualties
8–9 June 2017 – no casualties
5–7 June 2017 – no casualties
3 June 2017 – no casualties
2 June 2017 – no casualties
1 June 2017 – no casualties
31 May 2017 – Indigo Bunting
Chalk up another second-year male Indigo Bunting as a window-kill victim at the Noble Research Center. This bird had fat…
25–30 May 2017 – no casualties
23–24 May – no casualties
21–22 May 2017 – no casualties
20 May 2017 – no casualties
16–19 May 2017 – no casualties!
15 May 2017 – Two SY Painted Buntings
May 15th was another odd one, and I’ll be glad when this pulse of window-killed migrants is passed. On…
14 May 2017 – Tennessee Warbler
Here’s another weird one and another first for the project: Tennessee Warbler at the southwestern corner of the Noble Research…
13 May 2017 – Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Haley Butler tipped me off to this Yellow-billed Cuckoo she found at the southeastern alcove of the Noble Research Center…
12 May 2017 – Indigo Bunting
Will Jessie alerted me to this SY male Indigo Bunting at the southwestern alcove. I left the bird in place…
11 May 2017 – no casualties
10 May 2017 – Painted Bunting and Nashville Warbler
Today I found a SY Painted Bunting at the main north entrance and a Nashville Warbler at the northwestern alcove.…
9 May 2017 – Indigo Bunting and Chipping Sparrow
Found another SY male Indigo Bunting today at the main north entrance, plus the survey’s first Chipping Sparrow at the…
8 May 2017 – no casualties
7 May 2017 – Indigo Bunting and trapped Yellow Warbler
With special guest stars James O’Connell and David Mallen, today’s survey turned up a male Indigo Bunting and a trapped…
6 May 2017 – Baltimore Oriole, Mourning Dove, and House Wren
Today was one of those “just when I think I have this figured out” days. As I was rounding the…
1–5 May 2017 – no casualties
30 April 2017 – no casualties, but some dead birds
A powerful cold front with rotating bands of heavy rain moved into the Plains this weekend, leaving Stillwater waterlogged with…
29 April 2017 – no casualties
28 April 2017 – Indigo Bunting
Sad to think that this spectacular specimen of an ASY male (fat = 2) Indigo Bunting safely crossed the Gulf…
26 & 27 April 2017 – no casualties
25 April 2017 – Lincoln’s Sparrow
The main north entrance claimed a Lincoln’s Sparrow today – ASY-U and bulging with fat = 3. (Apologies for the…
24 April 2017 – no casualties
23 April 2017 – no casualties
22 April 2017 – Orange-crowned Warbler (yep, another one)
Yesterday (Friday 4/21/17) dawned stormy after an equally stormy night. We picked up nearly 2 inches of rain (+ some…
20 April 2017 – Orange-crowned Warbler
Surprisingly, the 277th casualty on this project was just the 4th Orange-crowned Warbler, which is a common migrant here in…
19 April 2017 – Nashville Warbler
This one was twofold odd – the bird was found in an odd spot and I’ve clearly overlooked it for…
17–18 April 2017 – no casualties
Mourning Dove remains remain, post-scavenge.
16 April 2017 – Mourning Dove scavenged
No new casualties today, but I noticed immediately that the Mourning Dove carcass had been removed. Closer inspection revealed it…
14 April 2017 – no casualties
13 April 2017 – Lincoln’s Sparrow
The Mourning Dove was still there this morning, but it has been disturbed a bit and is now on its…
10–12 April 2017 – no casualties
Mourning Dove remains remain.
9 April 2017 – no casualties
Mourning Dove still there.
7 April 2017 – no casualties
Mourning Dove remains.
6 April 2017 – no casualties
Mourning Dove remains.
5 April 2017 – Mourning Dove
This poor waterlogged Mourning Dove is the 13th MODO casualty and, unofficially, the 274th victim of collision at the Noble…
4 April 2017 – trapped Song Sparrow
No casualties yet, but I’m up to the 3rd trapped bird of the new year: a Song Sparrow in the…
3 April 2017 – trapped Common Yellowthroat
I found this rather early fellow right in front of the doorway to the southeast alcove this morning. He’s a…
2 April 2017 – no casualties
latter March 2017 – no casualties
Surveys after 20 March yielded no casualties on the 22nd, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st.
20 March 2017 – trapped Northern Cardinal
Spring kicked off today with the first collision victim of 2017: a trapped Northern Cardinal at the northeast alcove. …
early March 2017 – no casualties
Surveys in March revealed no casualties on the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 19th.
February 2017 – no casualties
No casualties for February with surveys on the 3rd, 7th, 17th, 20th, and 28th.
