This week was an amazing week for bird-banding in North Arlington, with 667 birds banded  — including more than 200 Yellow Rumps and more than 100 Palm Warblers.

 Click "Continue reading…" immediately below for more information and this week's tally.

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 and in Harrier Meadow 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.

Week of 10/6 – 10/10

American Kestrel – 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 1

Downy Woodpecker – 4

Eastern Phoebe – 4

Tufted Titmouse – 2

Brown Creeper – 1

Carolina Wren – 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 13

Golden-crowned Kinglet – 8

Swainson's Thrush – 2

American Robin – 2

Gray Catbird – 9

Northern Mockingbird – 1

Red-eyed Vireo – 1

Blue-headed Vireo – 1

Tennessee Warbler – 5

Nashville Warbler – 8

Northern Parula- 1

Cape May Warbler – 1

Magnolia Warbler – 2

Black-throated Blue Warbler – 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler – 224

Black-throated Green Warbler-2

Pine Warbler – 1

Palm Warbler – 104

Bay-breasted Warbler – 1

Blackpoll Warbler – 29

Northern Waterthrush – 1

Connecticut Warbler – 1

Mourning Warbler – 1

Common Yellowthroat – 7

Northern Cardinal – 1

Indigo Bunting – 3

Eastern Towhee – 1

Field Sparrow – 2

Savannah Sparrow – 58

Fox Sparrow – 1

Song Sparrow – 89

Lincoln's Sparrow – 9

Swamp Sparrow – 22

 White-throated Sparrow – 30

 White-crowned Sparrow – 5

 Dark-eyed Junco – 2

 House Finch – 1

 American Goldfinch – 3

Total    667