Dormant bees await the warming sun in Carol’s flower garden.
It was kind of odd today. We experienced quite a lull at Ruthven – banding numbers down by two thirds (161 yesterday vs only 51 today). But Fern Hill had a really good day banding 37 (they use just 6 nets to our 19). Further they banded 16 species to our 9. It would appear that the southward movement stopped north of the lake – benefiting Janice and the Bird Club but leaving us in the lurch.
This late Black-throated Blue Warbler, retrapped today, should be well on its way to the Caribbean by now.
Banded 51:
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
14 Cedar Waxwings
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Western Palm Warbler
3 Chipping Sparrows
2 Swamp Sparrows
14 White-throated Sparrows
1 Dark-eyed Junco
8 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 43 spp.
The beauty of the sunrise at Fern Hill belies the traffic noise just a few hundred kilometers away. -J. Chard
Fern Hill School:
The sun came out this morning and it turned out to be quite a busy day at Fern Hill with 44 birds handled! The Young Ornithologists were able to experience a diverse net round of twenty birds before they had to head in for class. The highlights were a Cape May Warbler that was banded and a Bald Eagle that was observed in between net rounds. I wish I could understand the why’s and wherefore’s of it all.
Blue-headed Vireo. -J. Chard
Banded 37
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Blue Jay
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
1 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Eastern Bluebirds
7 American Robins
3 Blue-headed Vireos
1 Red-eyed Vireo
7 Tennessee Warblers
5 Myrtle Warblers
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
1 House Finch
2 American Goldfinches
Cape May Warbler. -J. Chard
ET’s: 37 spp.
Janice .