Howdy all,
Today turned out to be a pretty good day at the banding station. We ended up
banding a total of 199 birds making up 31 species. We also had five recaptures
that included two other species that were not banded today. Highlights? We had
some good birds, but nothing super rare. Maybe the most sought after bird was
the Connecticut Warbler but the 39 indigo Buntings was quite impressive!
Hopefully the bird numbers hold for most of this week. It looks good!
Totals for the day:
A. Redstart 13
Magnolia 5
N. Parula 5
Nashville 1 3rd of the season
Yellow-rumped 8 all Myrtles, surprise eh?
Palm 13 4 yellows, 9 western
Black-thr. Blue 6
Blackpoll 4 good number
Black & white 1 one beautiful adult male!
N. Waterthrush 2
Ovenbird 2
Connecticut 1 2nd of the season
C. Yellowthroat 10
E. Wood-pewee 4
House Wren 6
Carolina Wren 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1 first of the year
Swamp Sparrow 1 first of the year
Savannah Sparrow 1 first of the year
Indigo Bunting 39 only had 32 for the whole season
last year!
Red-eyed Vireo 9 already 50 over a 10 year high
Swainson's Thrush 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
Blue Grosbeak 1 one away from tying a 10 year high
Gray Catbird 54 yes catbirds are here!
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 6th of the season!
N. Cardinal 2
Yellow-shafted Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
Tomorrow we are going to have a lot of groups coming though the station. We
should have birds for them. Wednesday looks pretty good too. It could be a good
week! Yellow-rumps are showing up so our overall numbers should start to climb
rapidly! I am expecting good numbers of sparrow this season and buntings will
be good for a while! Could this season really get any better?!
Hope to see you all at the banding station!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
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