Howdy all,
After a very slow start again, on our third net run of the morning, there was a
Golden-winged Warbler in the net! A very uncommon capture for Kiptopeke. Last
year we caught one during the birding festival and none in 2001 and 2002. It
was a nice capture after all the slow days we have been currently having. We
also caught the first American Robins, Tufted Titmouse, and Downy Woodpecker
for the season today as well. Also today, we recaptured a Blue-winged Warbler
that we first banded on the 22nd of August! It's great to recapture a migrant
like that after 8 days. By the way, the BWWA lost 0.6 grams between captures
(roughly 7% of it's body weight).
The totals for the last few days:
8/28
Field Sparrow 1
Mourning Warbler 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Carolina Wren 1
Summer Tanager 1
8/29
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Carolina Wren 2
8/30
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Carolina Wren 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
N. Cardinal 2
American Robin 3
With the way the weather looks, it appears bird numbers are going to be low for
the next few days. Once again, I hope I am wrong, but it doesn't look real
good. Hope there are a few surprises along the way.
Hope to see everyone at the banding station!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
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