Howdy all,
The last two days have not been the best days but then again, they were not
that bad either. Nothing to rare was banded but we did catch our first
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER of the season! Wow is it time already! GRAY CATBIRDS have
poured
into the station the last few days while WESTERN PALM WARBLERS remain rather
high. We caught our second GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER today as well.
Here's the list for the last two days.
9/22:
A. Redstart 7
N. Parula 1
C. Yellowthroat 6
Black-throated Blue 5
Black-and-white 3
Yellow-rumped 1 Yippee!
Western Palm 2
Ovenbird 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Traill's Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 1
Veery 4
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2
Swainson's Thrush 3
Gray Catbird 20
N. Cardinal 1
N. Mockingbird 2
TOTAL --------------------------- 71
9/23:
A. Redstart 5
C. Yellowthroat 4
Black-throated Blue 2
Western Palm 12
House Wren 7
Traill's Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 10
N. Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
TOTAL ------------------------------ 53
Looks like a cool down is coming. I can only hope that also translates to
more birds as well. We have been catching nice birds but our overall total of
neotropical migrants remains low.
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
