On October 25th, 2011 we set a banding record of 309 birds at Ruthven. It included the banding of 175 Cedar Waxwings. Today the team of Nancy Furber, Marnie Gibson, Karen Petrie, and Lauren Witterick obliterated that record! They banded an astounding 379 birds (including 154 Waxwings). Here’s their banding totals:

1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Black-capped Chickadee
5 Brown Creepers
1 House Wren
2 Winter Wrens
29 Golden-crowned Kinglets
22 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
9 Eastern Bluebirds
6 Hermit Thrushes
2 Gray Catbirds
154 Cedar Waxwings
1 Tennessee Warbler
3 Nashville Warblers
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
86 Yellow-rumped Warblers
2 Field Sparrows
9 Song Sparrows
1 Swamp Sparrow
23 White-throated Sparrows
9 Dark-eyed Juncos
5 Red-winged Blackbirds
6 American Goldfinches

Fittingly it came just one day after the International Day of the Girl.
Rick