The heavy rain has once again shut down banding operations at CFMS. 🙁
What do birds do when it rains? Light rain does little to affect birds but heavy rain prompts them to seek shelter in trees and bushes. Prolonged rain can cause birds to run at an energy deficit from sitting motionless for too long. At this point they must feed regardless of the consequences. Insect eating birds suffer the most because their prey can become inactive when it rains. But seed eating birds will do alright, along with birds that eat worms that are flooded out of their soil.
The rain should lessen over the next few days and we all should be able to resume normal activities (birds with feeding and us with banding) when nicer weather returns to Fairbanks!
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