Howdy all,
The last three day have been actually very uneventful at the banding station.
Numbers of Yellow-rumps in the area are low so our overall totals for the day
are all low as well. However, on the brighter side, we caught our 100th species
today! Early this afternoon we caught a female Purple Finch that pushed us to
the century mark. I don't have all the numbers from year past here, but this is
the first 100 species year since at least 1990. We still have a month to go, so
I am expecting a few more yet for the year! It's been a very good year here.
Sparrows are starting to show up in good numbers.
Totals for 10/23:
Yellow-rumped 50
Blackpoll 1
Orange-crowned 1
Black-thr. Blue 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Brown Creeper 4
Slate-colored Junco 1
Field Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-thr. Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 5
E. Towhee 2
E. Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Gray Catbird 6
Cardinal 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
TOTAL ---------------------- 103
Totals for 10/24:
Yellow-rumped 33 one warbler species
Golden-crown Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11
Winter Wren 2
House Wren 2
A. Goldfinch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
E. Towhee 6
Slate-colored Junco 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 11
White-thr. Sparrow 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
TOTAL ----------------------- 87
Totals for 10/25:
Yellow-rumped 20
Black-thr. Blue 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
House Wren 1
A. Goldfinch 1
Purple Finch 1 first of the season #100 for
species!!
Slate-colored Junco 1
Field Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-thr. Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 14
Hermit Thrush 4
Gray Catbird 3
A. Robin 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
TOTAL ------------------------- 69
It would be nice to see a return of the yellow-rumps. This is the time of year
we should be catching 200-300 birds, not sub 100. Sure hope it all changes
soon!!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
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