FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] First Landing 4/5:Prairie Warbler, Snowy Egrets, NRW Swallows

[Jethrorunco@xxxxxxx]

Howdy all,
Another day, and still more wind. We ended up banding only nine birds today. 
So we had a "little" (ha) spare time today. The NORTHERN PARULAS and BLUE-GRAY 
GNATCATCHERS are still putting on a show. Still lots of Gnatcatchers around. 
We did find two SNOWY EGRETS near the banding station around noon. First we 
have seen there. Also had a small group (5-6) NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS 
around for the first time this season as well. Still looking/waiting for Purple 
Martins and Green Herons. We did find a PRAIRIE WARBLER on our walk out. This 
bird was about half way down Fox Run Trail. A very studly male!
Tomorrow looks to be a bit calmer, at least I hope so. We'll see if that 
translates into any more birds or not.

Here are the totals for 4/5:

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler   1
Swamp Sparrow             1
Hermit Thrush                 2

TOTAL ------------------------  9

Cheers,
Jethro Runco