Howdy all,
I was able to get in about 6 hours of banding this mornign before some of the
rain came into the area. It was a pretty good day. There was no or only
slight wind for most of the morning and that was a welcome sight. I ended up
with a
total of 40 birds today, making it the second highest one day total this
season. As you will see below, the bulk was GRAY CATBIRDS and YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS. The best catch of the day was a very large GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. When
I
first saw it in the net I was hoping for a Bicknells Thrush but it looked too
big even in the net. A wing chord of 104mm is large even for a Gray-cheek! Also
had another foreign recapture today. This one was a little bizarre. It was a
HAIRY WOODPECKER: a non-migrant! All I have so far of this bird is that it was
banded on 7/3/01 in Princess Anne, VA. Not quite sure what that means. The
Lat/Long I was given is not right. And I am not sure the definition of Princess
Anne, VA is. We will get all this cleared up soon. Also after checking the
data from the Kiptopeke Banding Station, the foreign PRAIRIE WARBLER we caught
was banded at Kiptopeke last fall on the 8/26!
Here's todays breakdown:
NORTHERN PARULA 1
PRAIRIE WARBLER 1
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 1
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 16
YELLOW PALM WARBLER 1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 1
CAROLINA CHICKADEE 1
WHITE-EYED VIREO 1
SWAMP SPARROW 1
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 1
HERMIT THRUSH 1
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 3
HAIRY WOODPECKER 1
EASTERN TOWHEE 1
GRAY CATBIRD 9 our first big wave
TOTAL ------------------------------------ 40
Tomorrow looks to be pretty ugly for banding. But it is always a wait and see
what it is doing in the morning. Hope the wind and rain holds off until noon.
Cheers,
Jethro
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