Park Supervisor to Belle Isle Marsh and Rumney Marsh Reservations. Licensed bird bander and station manager for the Belle Isle Marsh Education and Research Station.
For those not intimately aware of the plight of Saltmarsh Sparrows, here is a very brief background. Saltmarsh Sparrows are the only species of bird
Osprey-palooza 2022 Our 2022 osprey chick banding season is all wrapped up! A total of 23 chicks were banded, ranging in age from ~4-6
Well for those of you watching our nest cam, we have a successful nest this season ! Our pair who Nanci is calling Bella (
On February 24th 2021 we caught an early returning American Woodcock. This was a male bird, calling at night while we were doing one of
We had lots of interesting birds move through the banding station this winter. We continued our 4th year of Long-eared Owl research, and are learning
It was an exciting Osprey season at Belle Isle, over 460,000 people watched the Belle Isle nest via the new camera system. For those that
2021 represents the 4th year of Saltmarsh Sparrow (SALS) work at Belle Isle marsh. In previous years we conducted passive surveys of the breeding populations
During my time at Belle Isle I have been fortunate enough to be a part of some amazing and important projects. The incredible amount of
In 2018 as a final project with the Trustees of Reservations summer youth program we constructed the Osprey platform you see today. We installed the
We did the finish carpentry for the inside of the banding station, and hung some nets and like that… spring banding was underway ! While
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