Capture data for American Robins (Turdus migratorius) at a fall migration banding station in Mid-Michigan from 2012 - 2019

At the Burke Lake Banding Station in Bath, Michigan we captured American robins (Turdus migratorius) during fall migration from 2011 to 2019. The data shared consists of capture date and age. The data are used only for looking at the relative ratio of hatching year (HY) to after-hatching year (AHY) robins captured during fall migration.  

Methods
Birds were captured using mist-nets (30mm-mesh; 12mL x 2.6H) at the Burke Lake Banding Station located in Rose Lake State Wildlife Research Area in Central Michigan (N 42˚48’43.1,” W 84˚23’05.7”). The banding station (25 mistnets) operates daily from 15 August to 15 October, sunrise to 5 hours post-sunrise. The habitat is an emergent scrub-shrub wetland dominated by native fruit-bearing shrubs (i.e. Cornus spp. Lindera benzoin, etc.). For each bird we determine species, age, and sex (if possible), collect morphological and body condition measurements, examine for ectoparasites, and then release. All animal capture and handling is covered by Owen Master Banding Permit with USGS (#23629), USFWS Scientific Collection (#MB19470), MI Scientific Collection (#SC1386), Rose Lake Special Use, and Michigan State University IACUC protocol (#07/11-145-00).