[va-richmond-general] Great Day at Kiptopeke

["Bob Reilly" <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>]

Thought folks might enjoy this post from Kiptopeke.

Bob Reilly

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jethrorunco@xxxxxxx 
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Cc: rjreilly@xxxxxxx ; rd4birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: Kiptopeke banding 9/17:Connecticut,Cape May,Chestnut-sided,Blk-thr 
Green


Howdy all,

Today was the day I have been waiting for all season. We had a nice big day and 
lots of nice birds! We finished the day with a total of 228 birds banded made 
up of 30 species! We had 16 species of warblers alone! As usual, we had a big 
rush of birds very early in the morning and then it dried up by about noon. We 
had 102 birds on the 7:15 net run.

So we caught some nice species as well today. The better species include 
CONNECTICUT, CHESTNUT-SIDED, CAPE MAY, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS and 
GRAY-CHEEKED and WOOD THRUSHES. The Cape May was a very beautiful bird!  The 
day was dominated by AMERICAN REDSTARTS and BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS but 
had good numbers of NORTHERN PARULAS, BALCK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, VEERYS, and 
GRAY CATBIRDS. We also caught our first SCARLET TANAGER of the season. 

It was a big day that was just waiting to happen. Most of the birds were pretty 
skinny but had lots of muscle on them. So they had a good flight last night. 
Hopefully some of them hang around here for a while. 
Sure hope tomorrow is good!!

Totals for day 9/17:

Magnolia Warbler                       6
Prairie Warbler                           1
American Redstart                    50
Chestnut-sided Warbler               1
Northern Parula                         21
Black-throated Green Warbler      1
Black-throated Blue Warbler       44
Black-throated Gray Warbler        0           maybe tomorrow! ha ha ha
Black-and-white Warbler             13
Worm-eating Warbler                   1
Western Palm Warbler                 1
Cape May Warbler                       1
Northern Waterthrush                   2
Connecticut Warbler                     1
Ovenbird                                      5
Common Yellowthroat                  12
Yellow-breasted Chat                    1             that's 16 species of 
warblers!
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher               1
Acadian Flycatcher                       1
Traill's Flycatcher                          8
Eastern Wood-pewee                    1
House Wren                                  1
Carolina Chickadee                       2
Indigo Bunting                               2
Red-eyed Vireo                             13
Veery                                           16
Gray-cheeked Thrush                      1      first of the season
Swainson's Thrush                          4
Wood Thrush                                  1       first of the season
Scarlet Tanager                               1      first of the season
Gray Catbird                                  15
TOTAL --------------------------------------   228


I do hope tomorrow is a good morning as well. But it will most likely not be 
near as big. I am hoping for close to a 100 but I better keep those thoughts to 
myself!

Cheers,
Jethro Runco 
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory

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