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["Bob Reilly" <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>]

Thought the following post to Va-Bird by Jethro Runco, the bander at 1st 
Landing State Park was worth reproducing on our Audubon listserv.  Things 
were jumping down there today!

Bob Reilly
  a..
  b.. From: Jethrorunco@xxxxxxx
  c.. To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  d.. Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:54:18 EDT
Howdy all,
Wow what a difference a day makes! There were birds dripping out of the 
trees
today at First Landing State Park. I had a pretty good and busy day banding.
Ended up with a total of 62 birds of 19 species. Best birds of the day 
banding
wise were Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Worm-eating Warbler, and two Great Crested
Flycatchers. There were large flocks of mix birds moving through the banding
station early to mid morning. On my walk out of the park, I found two very 
nice
groups of birds and chased them around for a while. It was a very enjoyable
time!
As a word of caution, there is pollen everywhere here!! Everything is yellow
so if you have problems with it, might want to bring a mask or something, it
is too nice here to just skip this place!
Banding totals for the day:
Prairie  Warbler     1
Northern Parula    1
Black-and-white    3
Worm-eating       1
C. Yellowthroat    3
Prothonotary       1
Ovenbird            1
Yellow Palm        14       more on that below
Field Sparrow       1
Swamp S.              4
White-throated S.      16
E. Towhee            3
B-G Gnatcatcher   1
R-C Kinglet           2
White-eyed Vireo   2
Blue-head V.         1
Hermit Thrush         4
Great Crested Flycatcher   2
Sharp-shinned Hawk    1
TOTAL ------------------  62

Other observations though out the day but mostly on my walk out.
Wood Thrush         1
Summer Tanager    1
Worn-eating Warbler    4
Ovenbird             2
Black-and-white    11+
Yellow-rumped      20+
Blue-head Vireo      2
Red-eyed V.          8
Common Yellowthroat    2
Northern Parula      6
Great Crested Flycatcher   2
House Wren       2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    7+

The most abundant bird of the day was by FAR Yellow Palm Warblers! No joke, 
I
saw well over 200+ through the course of the day. Very beautiful and such a
nice treat!
Not to be out done, White-throated Sparrows were is large numbers as well. I
saw at least 100+ today. Also had a pair of Royal Terns fly over today as 
well.

If this north wind holds up though the night, a lot of these birds will be
sticking around! Hint hint! It is nice to see spring is actually here! 
Pollen
and all. I just hope the wind is not too bad the next few days so we can 
take
advantage of this sizable push of migrants.

Happy birding to all!

Jethro Runco



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