Through today, 455 Prothonotary Warbler nestlings have been banded at Dutch Gap this season. 24 new adults have been banded, and 94 returned adult breeders have been captured at their nest boxes as well. Many of the returned adults were once nestlings in the Project's boxes. 3 new breeders have been captured that were originally banded as nestlings in prior years at the Deep Bottom project site (4-mile Creek) which, together with the Presquile NWR project site, is now run by VCU's Dept. of Environmental Studies ( following the retirement of VCU's Charlie and Leann Blem.) In addition, some dispersing juveniles are now being captured that were banded as nestlings earlier in the season (part of the 455) as well as some unbanded juveniles that were raised in natural cavities. The Dutch Gap project has 131 nest boxes in all. 103 (78%) of those had one or more Prothonotary Warbler clutches, and 9 had incomplete Prothonotary Warbler nests in them. Thus 112 of the 131 boxes (85%) had Prothonotary clutches or nest activity. 11 boxes were used exclusively for Tree Swallow clutches, and 4 were used exclusively for Carolina Chickadee clutches. Only 2 boxes (both new) were completely unused. At present, there are still 12 unbanded young in the boxes and 72 eggs. So we're not done yet! What a season, and what a boon Dutch Gap has become for this beautiful neotropical migrant. Bob Reilly