#bird banding
When I started grad school last year there wasn’t a single hairy woodpecker on campus. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a pair showed up to breed that spring.
Those intrepid parents must have been successful, because I caught a year-old hairy this morning! He has a lovely mate and the two of them are currently on eggs.
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Great Tit (Parus Major), from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 2.12.21
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus Collybita), from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 2.12.21
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia Atricapilla), female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 2.12.21
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus Ochruros), female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 25.11.21
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica),young female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 25.11.21
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia Atricapilla), female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 25.11.21
European Robin (Erithacus Rubecula), from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 25.11.21
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia Atricapilla), male, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 25.11.21
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus Collybita), from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 25.11.21
Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla Coelebs), male and female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla Coelebs), female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Eurasian siskin (Carduelis Spinus), male, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), young female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia Melanocephala), male, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla Coelebs), male, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Common Redstart (Phoenicurus Phoenicurus),female, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 3.11.21
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia Atricapilla), young male, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 3.11.21
RUFOUS-RUMPED FOLIAGE-GLEANER
(Philydor erythrocercum)
Stouffer, P. “Philydor erythrocercum Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner”
Amazonas, Brazil
Ridiculous as it sounds, ‘rufous-rumped foliage-gleaner’ sums up this little bird perfectly. Like the other foliage-gleaners (of which there are over 30 species spanning across 6 genera), the rufous-rumped was named for its foraging behaviour which typically involves picking (gleaning) arthropods from plant material. There are several foliage-gleaners with equally glorious vernaculars, such as the henna-hooded and slaty-winged foliage-gleaners, but the rufous-rumped has a red bottom. So there.
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