Howdy all,
Well the last two days have been like night and day. Yesterday we only banded
35 birds but we made up for it today. We banded a total of 371 birds, and it
could have been more but we were a little short on help. We closed the nets at
10:30 to control capture rates. We reopened them at 1pm for another hour and a
half. Although we had nothing too great, we did add THREE new birds for the
season! Also the number of goldfinches in the area is quite large. Anyway, it
was a good day, just quite busy.
Hope it holds out for a few more days!
Totals for 10/31:
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
House Wren 1
Yellow-rumped 7 still low
American Goldfinch 17 the start of the build up
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-thr. Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 kind of a nice surprise
Northern Cardinal 1
TOTAL ------------------------- 35
Totals for 11/1:
Golden-crowned Kinglet 17
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Winter Wren 2
American Goldfinch 120 that's a big number!
Yellow-rumped 131 that's a little better
Field Sparrow 6
Chipping Sparrow 5
Slate-colored Junco 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 31
White-throated Sparrow 24
Eastern Towhee 1
Yellow Palm Warbler 1 where are the palms? not many here
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 new species for the season #103
House Finch 1 new species for the season #104
Hermit Thrush 8
Tufted Titmouse 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1 new species for the season #105!!
Brown Thrasher 1
American Robin 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 kind of neat later bird
TOTAL -------------------------- 371
Well we were greedy hoping to get to 105 species. Now that we got that, what's
the new goal?? Dare we go to 110?? Who knows! We still have three more weeks of
banding. It's been a very good season here. I am looking forward to the next
few weeks.
Cheers,
Jethro
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