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["Rad Mayfield" <rad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Had a VERY slow weekend of banding for migrants.  This is absolutely the
worst banding weekend for Labor Day I can remember (if there is such a thing
as a bad day on a 5500 foot mountain in the wilderness of North
Carolina/Tennessee!).  I banded a good number of Juncos, but migrants were
few and far between.  I had hoped that The hurricane going up the coast
might turn some normally coastal migrants inland.  Instead, it seemed to
hold them up altogether. Still waiting on the first big cold front I assume.
It must be a lot like waiting on a big wave to surf at the beach!  I only
banded Tennessee's (2) and Black-throated Blues (3 I think). I did get to
band a Least Flycatcher, I believe my first on the mountain, and a Brown
Thrasher (hard to catch in the nets because of their strength and size).
Also had one Redstart.  I think all in all I banded less that 30 birds in
three days.  I felt like I was running a MAPS station rather than a migrant
banding station.  Anyway, it was a nice weekend on the mountain.  Come
visit.  
 

Rad 

Big Bald Banding Station

Unicoi County, TN

 

G. Rad Mayfield, III

East Rutherford High School

Forest City, NC

 


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