Our nine weekends of the 2025 banding season seemed to go very fast this year. Again this season, we did not get the weather to cooperate. There were no major cold fronts to push down large numbers of migrating raptors on the weekends that we were banding. Also our numbers this year were 2 birds less than last year.
New for this year was the banding of 6 Saw Whet Owls.
Socially, this was a another fun season at Hawk Harbor. We had a couple of groups that came up and we did get some visitors and campers who made the nine weekends very enjoyable.
We are trying not to schedule large groups anymore. With increasingly uncertain weather patterns, we want to be able to make last minute decisions as to whether or not we will be going up north to band.
I would like to thank all the friends and neighbors who made this year so special, even though we had low banding numbers.
A very special THANK YOU goes to the Mattson family for letting us use their hay field for the 56th year in a row!
Also a big THANK YOU goes to Bob Crosbie for supplying our lure birds this year; all of them were returned home unharmed!
And a big THANK YOU to Don Zirby who patrols our property and brings us fresh vegetables.
A GREAT BIG THANK YOU goes out to Trudi Taylor, Rick DuPont and Brynn Olsen. Without your dedication and co-operation, we would not be able to do this thing we love so much, year after year.
THANK YOU, to Trudi for editing our weekly banding reports.
Thanks to all of you who read our weekly reports for being such great friends and for sharing an interest in our modest program!
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!
We banded a total of 80 raptors this season, compared with 2024's total of 82, and 2023's total of 97.
We had a total of 16 bounce-outs this year, compared to 17 bounce-outs last year.
Two of the birds we caught were banded birds!
Note: All bird banding and marking is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U. S. Geological Survey's Bird Banding Lab.
Here is the final breakdown.
Sharp-shins - 53
Immys 37 . . . . Males 10 . . . . . Females 27
Adults 16 . . . . Males 8 . . . . . Females 8
Cooper's - 2
Immys 1 . . . . Males 0 . . . . . Females 1
Adults 1 . . . . Males 0 . . . . . Females 1
Red-tails - 7
Immys 4 . . . . . Males 1 . . . . . Females 3
Adults 3 . . . . . Males 0 . . . . . Females 3
Merlins - 10
Immys 8 . . . . . Males 3 . . . . . Females 5
Adults 2 . . . . . Males 2 . . . . . Females 0
Peregrines - 2
Immys 1 . . . . . Males 1 . . . . . Females 0
Adults 1 . . . . . Males 1 . . . . . Females 0
Immys 3 . . . . . Males 2 . . . . . Females 1
Adults 3 . . . . . Males 1 . . . . . Females 2
Total Males . . . . . 29
Total Females . . . 51
Total Immys . . . . 54
Total Adults . . . . 26
Total for 2025 Season . . . . 80
0 Eagles, 0 Gyrfalcons, 0 Kestrels, 0 Goshawks, 0 Harriers, 0 Roughlegs, 0 Broadwings.
Please help hawks by supporting:
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory ( https://www.hawkridge.org/ )
Midwest Peregrine Society ( https://midwestperegrine.umn.edu/ )
National Eagle Center ( https://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/ )
Raptor Resource Project ( https://www.raptorresource.org/ )
The Raptor Center ( https://raptor.umn.edu/ )
Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch ( http://ospreywatch.blogspot.com/ )
Keep your eyes on the skies and we will see you next fall!
Trudi and Frank Taylor
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