Weekly banding and daily Control censusing for the NEXRAD Weather Radar Migration Studies indicated flights on September 15, October 15, 22nd, and November 5 through the Featherbed Lane Bird Banding Station in the Hopewell Sourlands and trickle-through migration inbetween. Highlights of 51 species of birds banded, including 19 species of warblers and 11 species of sparrows were:

The summaries of Birdcast, the Fall NEXRAD Radar Migration Studies, are now available on the web at http://www.birdsource.org/BirdCast/home.html. Click on Birdcast Results. To see the daily control ground truthing counts on Featherbed Lane or any other site, click on the radio button Control Data. Click and scroll down Date to select All Dates or any date. Click on Featherbed Lane in the list of ground truthing reports.

Many thanks go to the bird banding crew! During the short period of frozen, open ground, on 8 December, Williams Transco Gas Pipeline Company mowed the grassy field and cut openings in the solid roses in the shrubby field. Their help is gratefully acknowledged.