[va-bird] Kiptopeke Banding 9/29 and 9/30:Catbirds, White-crowned Sparrow

Howdy all,
The past two day have been fairly decent. We banded 45 birds Thursday and 64 
today. The highlight and most unexpected bird of the two days was a 
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW that we banded today. GRAY CATBIRDS have been very 
abundant around 
the station the last few days. Other nice birds include RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 
and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. It was a bit windy today which sure cut the 
number of birds we could have banded today. There were quite a few birds around 
but it was just too windy for good netting. Not sure what to expect tomorrow.  
We'll find out soon I guess.

Here are the totals from 9/29:
A. Redstart                 3
Black-throated Blue     3
C. Yellowthroat            4
Yellow-rumped             2
Western Palm             1
Yellow Palm                1
Ovenbird                     3
House Wren                2
Traill's Flycatcher         1
Indigo Bunting              1
Red-eyed Vireo            2
Gray Catbird                21
Brown Thrasher            1
TOTAL ---------------------  45

9/30:---last day of September??
Ruby-crowned Kinglet       1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1
Traill's Flycatcher             1
N. Parula                         2
Magnolia                         1
A. Redstart                     4
Black-throated Blue         11
Western Palm                 2
C. Yellowthroat                3
Ovenbird                         3
House Wren                    1
Carolina Wren                 1
White-eyed Vireo             1
Red-eyed Vireo                1
Indigo Bunting                 1 
Swainson's Thrush          1
White-crowned Sparrow    1          Not a bird we catch every year. Last one 
was 24 Oct. 04
Gray Catbird                    27
Brown Thrasher                 1
TOTAL  -------------------------  64


Just seems odd to have some of these birds around already. Guess I am just in 
denial that neotropical migration is winding down! Although I do love them 
sparrows that are coming!

Cheers,
Jethro Runco

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