Howdy all,
Today was such a different day at the banding station than yesterday, but it
was just as good. By the end of the day (before the rain came) we had banded
132 birds, but the species were extremely good. We had many of the "fancy"
warblers that we didn't catch yesterday. Like: CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED
GREEN, HOODED, CONNECTICUT, and BLACKPOLL WARBLERS!! How could you not enjoy
that!?! And that was just the warblers. We also caught our fifth (and now a
15 year high) PHILADELPHIA VIREO, two WOOD THRUSHES and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW!
Yep, good day.
I am very hopeful that tomorrow is just as good. There is north winds in the
forecast for tonight, but I am afraid that it is going to be a bit too windy
in the morning to fully take advantage of what might be around. Guess time
will tell!
Here's the birds banded for the first of October:
American Redstart 10
Black-throated Blue Warbler 9
Northern Parula 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 11
Black-and-white Warbler 21 lots around
Palm Warbler 3 2 yellow race, 1
western race
Blackpoll Warbler 2 first of the season
and both crazy fatties!!!! I think they are soooo ready to go!
Connecticut Warbler 1
Ovenbird 5
Hooded Warbler 1 good day, 13 species of
warblers
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
House Wren 2
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Indigo Bunting 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 first of the season
Swainson's Thrush 3
Veery 1 not really
catching many thrushes right now for some reason or another
Wood Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 37
Northern Cardinal 1
Brown Thrasher 1
TOTAL------------------------------------ 132
Reading all the reports coming in to the listserve, I would recommend
getting out and doing some birding if you all can. Good time of year to find
almost
anything!
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
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