FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Kiptopeke banding 11/8 and 11/9:Black-thr. Blue Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Kinglets

[Jethrorunco@xxxxxxx]

Howdy all,
After trying to get in some banding yesterday, the rains finally made me call 
it quits for the day after only a few hours. We only managed four birds. 
Today was much better. Would have been a better day, but the winds were a 
problem. 
All in all, we banded 118 birds bringing our season total to an even 8,300 
birds. 
Some of the highlights today include, FOX SPARROW, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and a 
late BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. We also had a large push of both KINGLETS 
today as well. HERMIT THRUSH numbers again jumped up and of course, 
YELLOW-RUMPS 
are still around. 
We also caught our first adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK today as well.
I am hoping the wind lays down some tonight and that tomorrow is another good 
day!

Here are the totals for...

11/8:
Golden-crowned Kinglet       1
Yellow-rumped Warbler        1
Song Sparrow                     1
Gray Catbird                       1
TOTAL ---------------------------    4

11/9:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet           11
Golden-crowned Kinglet         28
Brown Creeper                       1
Winter Wren                          2
Eastern Phoebe                     1
Carolina Chickadee                1
Black-throated Blue Warbler    1
Yellow-rumped Warbler           44
Chipping Sparrow                    1
White-throated Sparrow           5
Song Sparrow                         1
Fox Sparrow                           1
Eastern Towhee                      1
Hermit Thrush                         14
American Robin                       2
Blue Jay                                 1
Northern Cardinal                     1
American Woodcock                1
Sharp-shinned Hawk                1
TOTAL ------------------------------  118

Cheers,
Jethro Runco
Head songbird bander
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory