Howdy all,
The past two day have been fairly decent. We banded 45 birds Thursday and 64
today. The highlight and most unexpected bird of the two days was a
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW that we banded today. GRAY CATBIRDS have been very
abundant around
the station the last few days. Other nice birds include RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. It was a bit windy today which sure cut the
number of birds we could have banded today. There were quite a few birds around
but it was just too windy for good netting. Not sure what to expect tomorrow.
We'll find out soon I guess.
Here are the totals from 9/29:
A. Redstart 3
Black-throated Blue 3
C. Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-rumped 2
Western Palm 1
Yellow Palm 1
Ovenbird 3
House Wren 2
Traill's Flycatcher 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Gray Catbird 21
Brown Thrasher 1
TOTAL --------------------- 45
9/30:---last day of September??
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Traill's Flycatcher 1
N. Parula 2
Magnolia 1
A. Redstart 4
Black-throated Blue 11
Western Palm 2
C. Yellowthroat 3
Ovenbird 3
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1 Not a bird we catch every year. Last one
was 24 Oct. 04
Gray Catbird 27
Brown Thrasher 1
TOTAL ------------------------- 64
Just seems odd to have some of these birds around already. Guess I am just in
denial that neotropical migration is winding down! Although I do love them
sparrows that are coming!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
