Howdy all,
Another sleeper day at the banding station. As expected (with the light
south winds and just the plain lack of birds in the area), I wasn't expecting
much. And that's just what we got. Although it was slow, we did catch 16 but
more impressively it was made up of 13 species. So at least diversity was ok.
Best bird of the day went to the LINCOLN'S SPARROW that we banded first thing
this morning. Also had another BLACKPOLL WARBLER today as well. We did have
our first four sparrow species day! I like that!
Here are the totals (brace yourself):
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Gray Catbird 1 (1 catbird + 0
yellow-rumps=slow)
TOTAL--------------------------------- 16
Tomorrow doesn't look any better. yippee.
Oh, and the mosquitoes are now everywhere. Full force. Boy, I can't wait for
tomorrow!!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
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