Howdy all,
Well the last four days have been quite slow but it is expected at this time of
year. The yellow-rumps are almost a no-show here but the song sparrows make up
for it. We are only averaging 8 species a day now, with most of them being
sparrows. But we have caught a few nice birds, including our 107th species of
the year and almost 108th! Yesterday we almost had a Red-shouldered Hawk but I
was unable to get to it before it got out of the net. Those big birds just
don't stay in the net very good! While running towards it, I managed to trip on
some honeysuckle vines and launched myself in to the tall grass near the net
and landed in a big heap. It was quite the show for those that were there! So
close but so far! Anyway, we did catch number 107 today on the first net net. A
nice big American Woodcock! It has been a fabulous season species wise!
Below are the totals for the last four days.
Totals for 11/17:
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
American Goldfinch 16
Slate-colored Junco 1
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 12
Red-winged Blackbird 1 A bird we very rarely catch! This was
number 3 for the season!!
American Robin 1
TOTAL ------------------------ 56
Totals for 11/18:
American Goldfinch 7
Swamp Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Hermit Thrush 3
TOTAL ------------------------ 24
Totals for 11/19:
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 20
White-throated Sparrow 2
Vesper Sparrow 1 Our second of the season! And only the
second since 1999.
Hermit Thrush 1
TOTAL ------------------------- 30
Totals for 11/20:
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 16 And if I am right, we caught our 400th
today!! Ten-year high was 182!
Slate-colored Junco 1
American Robin 1
American Woodcock 1 First of the season(species #107) and first
since 2001.
TOTAL ------------------------ 39
Currently we are sitting at 6,969 birds for the season. We have two day left of
banding to catch 31 birds to break the 7,000 mark. No rain and no wind please!
Bring on the birds!
Monday is going to be the last day banding at the station, bring to the end a
wonderful season. Sure hope next year is just as good!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
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