Last week was another amazing week for bird-banding in North Arlington, with 574 birds banded  — including more than 150 Savannah Sparrows — a threatened species in New Jersey and a bird we at the Meadowlands Commission are especially interested in.

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NJMC naturalists are conducting a study to see what kinds of habitats should be created on the Meadowlands’ landfills to attract a greater diversity of migrating birds and to provide nesting habitat for threatened or endangered grasslands species, such as Savannah Sparrows and Grasshopper Sparrows.   

    As part of the study, Meadowlands Commission naturalists have been mist-netting birds on the Erie Landfill in North Arlington, banding them and recording their vital statistics, and then releasing them.

      We will post the bird data for the week here on Friday afternoons through early November whenever possible.  Sorry for the delay in posting last week's numbers.

American Goldfinch – 6

American Robin – 3

Black-capped Chickadee – 1

Blackpoll Warbler – 13

Chipping Sparrow – 1

Common Yellowthroat – 1

Eastern Phoebe – 1

Field Sparrow – 6

Fox Sparrow – 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet – 1

Gray Catbird – 4

Hermit Thrush – 3

House Wren – 1

Indigo Bunting – 3

Lincoln's Sparrow – 1

Northern Cardinal – 1

Northern Mockingbird – 1

Palm Warbler – 24

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 4

Savannah Sparrow – 182

Song Sparrow – 92

Swamp Sparrow – 37

Tennessee Warbler – 1

White-crowned Sparrow – 4

White-eyed Vireo – 1

White-throated Sparrow – 43

Yellow-rumped Warbler – 138

Total – 574