COMEBACK JAY!!! On its way to Kansas City…this bird was originally banded in May of 2014 and recaptured today. -L Takayesu
Proof that the Jays can come back was provided today when we retrapped a bird that we had banded in May of 2014. We quickly sent the Jay off to Kansas City to show the rest of them how to do it…..
Common in the Spring (abundant even); rare in the Fall: Brown-headed Cowbird. -C. Scholtens
Flocks of robins, starlings and blackbirds (mostly Rustys) continued to work their away around the site, eating the remnants that earlier flocks have missed. And, although the volume of birds has diminished, there is still a good flow of short-distance migrants moving through.
Eastern Phoebe – early to arrive in the Spring and late to leave in the Fall. -C. Scholtens
[PS I got 3 Saw-whet Owls at Taquanyah last night and, by the time I headed home, Nancy had caught 4 at Ruthven.]
Banded 55:
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Brown Creeper
4 Golden-crowned Kinglets
1 Hermit Thrush
9 American Robins
3 Cedar Waxwings
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Nashville Warbler
9 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
4 White-throated Sparrows
3 Dark-eyed Juncos
6 Rusty Blackbirds
11 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 39 spp.
Cedar Waxwing. -J. Chard
Fern Hill:
It was another slower-paced day at Fern Hill. A total of 17 birds were caught, 14 new banded birds and only three recaptured birds. The bulk of which was caught in a single net round mid-morning – a flock of American Goldfinches hit two of our nets resulting in an 8 bird net round! After the excitement died down, the wind picked up and the rest of the day remained fairly quiet.
A young Hermit Thrush. -L. Takayesu
Banded: 14
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Hermit Thrush
1 Cedar Waxwing
2 Myrtle Warblers
1 Song Sparrow
8 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 31 spp.
Janice