Howdy all,
The past two days have been rather good at the banding station. On the 6th, we
had a pretty good day by banding a total of 226 individuals making up 33
species! Today was not quite as good but we banded 76 birds of 21 species.
We added a few new species to our seasons list with some of the later migrants
starting to show up.
10/ 6 totals:
N. Parula 8
Magnolia 2
A. Redstart 7
Prairie 1
Tennessee 1
Yellow-rumped 101
C. Yellowthroat 6
Black-thr. Blue 29
Black-thr. Green 1
Black & white 2
Palm 4 3 yellows, 1 western
N. Waterthrush 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
House Wren 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Slate-colored Junco 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Indigo Bunting 6
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Swainson's Thrush 3
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Gray Catbird 22
N. Mockingbird 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Blue Jay 1
TOTAL 226
Totals for 10/7
A. Redstart 2
Nashville 1
Black-thr. Blue 2
Black-thr. Green 1
C. Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-rumped 30
Ovenbird 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
House Wren 3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 2
E. Phoebe 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Gray Catbird 13
N. Cardinal 1
Brown Thrasher 3
TOTAL 76
Tomorrow is the start of the ES Birding Festival! I hope everyone is planning
to come out to the shore for it! The weather looks good for the weekend, so I
am expecting to see a large turn out! I just hope the birds cooperate!
Hope to see you all this weekend!
Cheers,
Jethro
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