Light winds and overcast skies brought some birds in, following two days of rain. We banded good numbers (68) and a good variety (24 spp). As well we handled an additional 27 retraps for a total of 95 birds.
Banded 68:
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 Eastern Phoebes
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Brown Creeper
3 Golden-crowned Kinglets
7 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Swainson’s Thrush
3 American Robins
3 Gray Catbirds
3 Cedar Waxwings
2 Blue-headed Vireos
3 Tennessee Warblers
2 Nashville Warblers
3 Magnolia Warblers
1 Myrtle Warbler
1 Western Palm Warbler
8 Blackpoll Warblers
1 Song Sparrow
13 White-throated Sparrows
1 Purple finch
4 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 46 spp.
Rick