Howdy all,
Well FINALLY the songbird banding has picked up! Thanks to the recent cool
front, the numbers at the banding station are finally in the normal range. At
least for a few days anyway. Ha ha
Today we had our best day of the season with 107 birds banded this morning and
early afternoon. A total of 20 species made an appearance including a few nice
birds. Highlights today were the number of Veerys captured (18). Other goodies,
included a Tennessee Warbler, Canada Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, and five
Worm-eating Warblers. Of course, all the birds banded today are goodies! And
dare I say, even the 6 Northern Cardinals?
Many folks stopped by the station today including a few heading up for the VSO
meeting. A good time was had by all and a very beautiful day to be out.
Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!
Here is the list of birds captured during the last five days and their numbers.
9/2 9/3
9/4
Ovenbird 1 American Redstart
1 Ameican Restart 1
Blue Grosbeak 2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Summer Tanager 1
Ovenbird
1 Carolina Wren 2
Total 3 Blue Grosbeak
1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Carolina Wren
2 Northern Mockingbird 1
Northern
Cardinal 2
Yellow-breasted
Chat 1 Total 7
EASTERN
SCREECH-OWL 1
Total
10
9/5 9/6
American Redstart 14 American Redstart
26
Magnolia Warbler 3 Magnolia Warbler
3
Prairie Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler
1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Tenneesee Warbler
1
Black-and-white Warbler 5 Common Yellowthroat
11
Common Yellowthroat 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler
3
Traill's Flycatcher 2 Western Palm Warbler
4
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Traill's Flycatcher
4
Indigo Bunting 1 Black-and-white Warbler
9
Red-eyed Vireo 1 Field Sparrow
1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Canada Warbler
1
Summer Tanager 1 Northern Waterthrush
2
Northern Cardinal 1 Worm-eating Warbler
5
Yellow-shafted Flicker 1 Red-eyed Vireo
3
Ovenbird
4
Total 40 Veery
18
Eastern Kingbird
3
Swainson's
Thrush 1
Northern
Cardinal 6
Summer Tanager
1
Total
107
I do hope that everyone can come out to the banding station sometime this year!
As late Sept. draws closer, so do the bigger numbers of birds. And when Oct.
hits, hold on!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
jethro_runco@xxxxxxxxxxx
Head Songbird Bander
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
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