Howdy all,
The last two days have been rather busy at the banding station. Thanks to all
the YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS that are around. We have had a few nice species
the last two days even though species diversity has been lower. Some of the
goodies include BLACKPOLL,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and BLUE-HEADED VIREO to name a few. More and
more "winter" birds have been showing up. And we are seeing our last pushes of
birds like BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS and NORTHERN PARULAS.
We closed a bit early today because of the rain but even with just banding
for 5.75 hours, we managed to band 465 birds. Would have been a big day if we
could have gone another 2.25 hours. Maybe tomorrow!
Here are the totals for 10/21:
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Brown Creeper 6
Winter Wren 2
House Wren 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 319
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Swamp Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 3
Hermit Thrush 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Gray Catbird 26 maybe our last big
day for them
TOTAL ------------------------------- 422
Totals for 10/22:
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Brown Creeper 1
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 2
Northern Parula 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 423 did I say there are a lot of
these around??
Ovenbird 1
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 7
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Hermit Thrush 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
Gray Catbird 2
Blue Jay 2
TOTAL ---------------------------------- 465
I expect the yellow-rump numbers to remain high for about another week and
then I expect numbers to drop to a bit more normal numbers. I always think the
15 Oct to 25 Oct to be the peak dates for Yellow-rumps. Guess we have a bit
more to band!
Hope everyone had/has a good weekend!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
