It was a beautiful morning with continuing warm, sunny conditions. A sociable morning as well as Peter Thoem and Mitch Beck arrived to help out and do the census. Peter regularly does the census on Sundays…..when he can get out of bed. On the whole though it was a pretty quiet day with only 9 banded; however, the 5 new birds for the year (see below) sort of made up for it.

Banded: 9
American Goldfinch 1
Slate-Coloured Junco 1
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-Throated Sparrow 1
Brown-Headed Cowbird 2
American Robin 1

Retrapped: 11
American Goldfinch 1
Slate-Coloured Junco 3
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2 (one was banded as an HY in 2002 and not encountered at Ruthven since Fall 2004)
Brown-Headed Cowbird 2
American Robin 1
Mourning Dove 1

ETs 55 species

New for season:
Greater Yellowlegs
Purple Martin
Brown Thrasher
Lincolns Sparrow
White-Throated Sparrow
Brian/Rick