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[Jethrorunco@xxxxxxx]

Howdy all,
Today was a nice day at the station again. I like the cooler weather and the 
few birds that came with it. AMERICAN REDSTARTS dominated the captures and in 
the forest today. But the banding of a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was the best bird 
of the day. This banding station doesn't not catch those that often with only 
five banded since 1994. We also caught a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER today.

Here's the breakdown for the day:

A. Redstart                   19
Chestnut-sided Warbler   1
Prothonotary Warbler      1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Ovenbird                        1
N. Waterthrush               3
Carolina Wren                3
N. Cardinal                     3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo       1
TOTAL-----------------------   33

As usual, most of the birds banded today came by 9-10 AM. After that the 
numbers dropped off to almost nothing. Butterflies have been fairly nice 
however 
so the late morning has not been too boring.

Cheers,
Jethro Runco