Howdy all,
A bit more than half way through the birding and wildlife festival here and the
weather again this year has not been very conducive for bird banding. Way too
much wind. But on the brighter side, we have been able to catch a few birds for
the programs and I think everyone that has stopped by has at least seen a bird.
The forecast is not very good for the upcoming week either. Lots of wind in the
forecast. But what can you do?
So Friday was pretty dead at the banding station (we only banded 9) but
included another PHILADELPHIA VIREO. Today was a bit better. There were birds
in the area this morning, although we couldn't take full advantage of it
because of the high wind speeds. We did manage to catch 21 which wasn't bad.
Hopefully we can catch a few more for tomorrows programs!
Totals for 9/19:
American Redstart??????????????? 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler?? 1
Northern Waterthrush???????????? 1
Philadelphia Vireo????????????????? 1???? third one in as many days!
Gray Catbird????????????????????????? 3
TOTAL -------------------------------- 9
9/20:
American Redstart????????????????? 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler??? 5
Black-and-white Warbler????????? 1
Ovenbird???????????????????????????????? 1
Northern Waterthrush?????????????? 1
House Wren??????????????????????????? 1
Red-eyed Vireo??????????????????????? 1
Veery????????????????????????????????????? 1
Gray Catbird??????????????????????????? 9
TOTAL----------------------------------? 21
One last day of the festival tomorrow, hope you all are making plans to attend!
A bit windy, but other than that, the weather is pretty good!
Good birding to all!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
