Hello all, After a couple of good days to start the season thanks to north
component winds, today was a bit slower. We did manage to top the 100 bird mark
for the season, bird #100 being in the form of a spiffy male Summer Tanager.
Most of the migrants to date have been warblers, particularly American
Redstarts, with 9
species in all banded, highlighted by Mourning and Worm-eating. But there has
been a good little push of Empidonax flycatchers as well, predominately
Traill's
with one each Acadian, Yellow-bellied and Least tallied. The season summary is
below.
Downy Woodpecker 1
Yellow-shafted Flicker 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Traill's Flycatcher 18
Least Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 13
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 4
Black and white Warbler 8
American Redstart 26
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Field Sparrow 2
Summer Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 11
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 2
113 Total birds of 28 species
2 additional species retrapped: Hairy Woodpecker, White-eyed Vireo
Calvin Brennan
Bander-in-charge
Kiptopeke Songbird Station
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
989-889-1146
