FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER banded at Kiptopeke!!! 11/8

[Jethrorunco@xxxxxxx]

Howdy all!

Boy, if today was not one of the most exciting days in the history of the 
Kiptopeke banding station. At 11 am this morning we netted and banded a 
MacGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER!! This is the first record of this species in Virginia! 
It was a 
hatching year bird of unknown sex and was quite healthy. The bird was caught 
in one of the nets close to our brushpile. This bird displayed the bright half 
eye crescents, full hood of gray, and long tail marking it as a 
MacGillivray's. The bird was banded and released unharmed and last seen north 
of the 
banding station. 

For those of you that might want to look for this bird, here is a note of 
caution. The park is currently cutting down a large section of pine trees that 
are located north and east of the banding station. The park has closed off many 
of the trails that lead to the banding station to give them the 500 foot 
buffer for the tree removal machine. It is recommended that you park in the 
parking 
lot near the hawk platform and walk back towards the banding station using 
the trails behind the platform. Be careful however, because the tree eating 
machine DOES throw debris. 

I will try to get pictures of the MacGillivray's up on the web soon!

Cheers,
Jethro Runco
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory