Howdy all,
Welcome to the busy season at Kiptopeke! The YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are here!
And in big numbers. Makes for a busy day at the banding station!
We had another huge day again today. We ended up banding 509 birds today.
Only the 6th time I have seen a 500+ day here. And yes, most (almost all) we
Yellow-rumps. But we did have a few sparrow species which always excite me! And
we
caught another NASHVILLE WARBLER today as well. Looks like the next week or
so will be peak for the station in overall numbers!
Here are the totals for the day 10/19:
Brown Creeper 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow Palm Warbler 3
Western Palm 3
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 4
Ovenbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 451 told ya!
Indigo Bunting 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Slate-colored Junco 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 5
Gray Catbird 9
Hermit Thrush 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Blue Jay 3
TOTAL -------------------------------- 509
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
