Introduction to Summer 2018

This summer of 2018 I am continuing to study changes in song and cultural evolution over time in the Mourning Warbler.  This year 1) recording 2018 songs from breeding males in Maine, Quebec and Ontario, 2) playback experiments measuring the aggressive responses of males to historical songs from my 1983 recordings versus songs of current breeding males.  My study will focus on whether and how the songs have changed over time.  The playback experiments are designed to test whether the historical songs still elicit aggressive responses by males or whether the historical songs have lost their signal efficacy.  I will begin in near Ashland, Maine and then travel to the across Quebec and Ontario.  This blog will contain updates from this field work and day-lists of birds during the trip.

26 April 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus

April 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus
Observers LB101 section D

1	Canada Goose
2	Turkey Vulture
3	Broad-winged Hawk
4	Unknown Hawk species
5	Mourning Dove
6	Red-bellied Woodpecker
7	Downy Woodpecker
8	Hairy Woodpecker
9	Northern Flicker
10	Eastern Phoebe
11	Blue Jay
12	American Crow
13	Tree Swallow
14	Black-capped Chickadee
15	Tufted Titmouse
16	White-breasted Nuthatch
17	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
18	American Robin
19	Pine Warbler
20	Eastern Towhee
21	Chipping Sparrow
22	White-throated Sparrow
23	Northern Cardinal
24	Red-winged Blackbird
25	Common Grackle
26	Brown-headed Cowbird
27	House Finch
28	American Goldfinch
29	House Sparrow

24 April (afternoon), 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus

24 April (afternoon), 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus
Observers: BI 101 Lab Section C

1	Canada Goose
2	Broad-winged Hawk
3	Mourning Dove
4	Downy Woodpecker
5	Blue Jay
6	American Crow
7	Black-capped Chickadee
8	Tufted Titmouse
9	White-breasted Nuthatch
10	American Robin
11	Pine Warbler
12	Chipping Sparrow
13	Northern Cardinal
14	Red-winged Blackbird
15	House Finch
16	American Goldfinch
17	House Sparrow

24 April (morning), 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus

24 April (morning), 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus
Observers: BI 101 Lab Section B

1	Mallard
2	Chukar
3	Broad-winged Hawk
4	Mourning Dove
5	Downy Woodpecker
6	Northern Flicker
7	Pileated Woodpecker
8	Eastern Phoebe
9	Blue Jay
10	American Crow
11	Black-capped Chickadee
12	Tufted Titmouse
13	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
14	American Robin
15	Pine Warbler
16	Chipping Sparrow
17	White-throated Sparrow
18	Northern Cardinal
19	Red-winged Blackbird
20	Common Grackle
21	House Finch
22	American Goldfinch
23	House Sparrow

23 April, 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus

23 April, 2018, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Goffstown, Saint Anselm College Campus
Observers: BI 101 Lab Section A

1	Canada Goose
2	Turkey Vulture
3	Mourning Dove
4	Barred Owl
5	Belted Kingfisher
6	Downy Woodpecker
7	Northern Flicker
8	Eastern Phoebe
9	Blue Jay
10	American Crow
11	Black-capped Chickadee
12	Tufted Titmouse
13	White-breasted Nuthatch
14	Golden-crowned Kinglet
15	Hermit Thrush
16	American Robin
17	Pine Warbler
18	Chipping Sparrow
19	Song Sparrow
20	Dark-eyed Junco
21	Northern Cardinal
22	Red-winged Blackbird
23	Common Grackle
24	Brown-headed Cowbird
25	House Finch
26	American Goldfinch
27	House Sparrow

10 July 2017, Port-au-Basques to North Sydney Ferry

10 July 2017, Port-au-Basques to North Sydney Ferry

It was the last day in Newfoundland as I took the ferry back to the mainland.  I list some of the bird sightings from the ship, which were few and far between.  I am headed home after a successful field season.

Port-au-Basques with some sunshine

Last view of the ferry terminal from the boat

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Highlanders Ferry

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1          Cory's Shearwater

2          Northern Gannet

3          Double-crested Cormorant

4          Ring-billed Gull

5          Herring Gull

6          Great Black-backed Gull

7          Murre species

8          Rock Pigeon

9 July 2017, Travel Day – Kris leaves Newfoundland through Deer Lake, Newfoundland

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9 July 2017, Travel Day – Kris leaves Newfoundland through Deer Lake, Newfoundland

Kris left today through Deer Lake, back to Montreal and work in Vermont.