26 October 2018
Hamilton County, TN
Today was the last day of fall banding at Greenway Farm. I banded on 27 days,
for a total of 864 net-hours (1 net open for 1 hour = 1 net-hour. I operated 8
nets for 4 hours per day). It wasn't a bad season, and certainly better than
the spring! There some notable misses, including Tennessee Warbler and Indigo
Bunting, and other species were down (e.g. American Resdstart). Here are my
totals:
Magnolia Warbler = 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler = 20
Gray Catbird = 16
Hooded Warbler = 15
Wood Thrush = 15
White-eyed Vireo = 12
Ovenbird = 11
Brown Thrasher = 10
Northern Cardinal = 10
White-throated Sparrow = 8
Canada Warbler = 7
Blue Jay = 6
Carolina Wren = 6
Winter Wren = 6
American Redstart = 5
Swainson's Thrush = 5
Tufted Titmouse = 5
Eastern Towhee = 4
Gray-cheeked Thrush = 4
Hermit Thrush = 3
Black-and-white Warbler = 2
Field Sparrow = 2
Northern Waterthrush = 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet = 2
Song Sparrow = 2
Swamp Sparrow = 2
Black-throated-green Warbler = 1
Blue-winged Warbler = 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler = 1
Common Yellowthroat = 1
Downy Woodpecker = 1
Eastern Phoebe = 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee = 1
House Wren = 1
Least Flycatcher = 1
Northern Mockingbird = 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker = 1
Veery = 1
Worm-eating Warbler = 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher = 1
Yellow-shafted Flicker = 1
TOTAL = 216
I also recaptured 26 birds, most of which were residents, or migrants I had
banded a day or two previous. I did recapture a chickadee I banded in 2012,
and since it was an adult when I originally banded it, the bird is at least 5
years old. I also recaptured a White-throated Sparrow I banded in 2013,
indicating faithfulness to the wintering ground (the champion I had for that
was a Hermit Thrush that returned every year for 7 straight years). I will be
back out in the spring!
David Aborn
Chattanooga, TN
