Howdy all,
Yesterday (9/27) was almost a lost cause. We only banded 6 birds but it was
quite windy so we only had half the nets open. Today was a much better showing.
We banded a total of 158 birds. Most of the birds were expected birds but we
did band a BICKNELL'S THRUSH which was quite the surprise. Almost as
surprising were the capture of a BROWN CREEPER and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET! Is
winter
already here???
I am excited to see what the next few days hold for us!
Here's the list from the last two days.
9/27:
A. Redstart 1
C. Yellowthroat 2
Gray Catbird 2
A. Robin 1
TOTAL ------------------- 6
9/28:
A. Redstart 28
N. Parula 13
Black-throated Blue 30
Magnolia 3
C. Yellowthroat 14
Western Palm 3
Yellow Palm 1 first of the season
Black-and-white 2
N. Waterthrush 1
Ovenbird 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush 3
Bicknell's Thrush 1 first of the season
Gray Catbird 27
Summer Tanager 1
Brown Creeper 1 first of the season
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 first of the season
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 first of the season
House Wren 4
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-eyed Vireo 6
TOTAL ----------------------- 158 high day of the season so far
Now this is much better! We could use more days like this!
This morning actually felt like fall for a change!!! I love it!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
