Nicole Richardson, visiting from Hilliardton Marsh banding station, added the Connecticut Warbler to her list of banding firsts.
It finally felt like the Fall this morning. Cool at opening (7 degrees) but warming quickly as the sun got up. Interestingly, we got VERY few leaves in the nets throughout the morning. Has something happened to the Limb Reaper?
Our second Connecticut Warbler of the year.
The first two net rounds were pretty productive with a variety of birds, including 9 species of warblers – including our second Connecticut Warbler. This was a lucky thing for Nicole Richardson, a young woman who is studying birds at Nippissing and who has been volunteering at banding stations: first, Prince Edward Point and then, in August, at Hilliardton Marsh near New Liskeard. She got to band the bird – a first for her. Once the sun got well up the catches diminished markedly – typical for “nice weather banding” at Ruthven.
An adult male American Redstart.
Banded 45:
1 Traill’s Flycatcher
2 Black-capped Chickadees
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Swainson’s Thrushes
3 Gray Catbirds
1 Cedar Waxwing
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Philadelphia Vireos
2 Red-eyed Vireos
6 Tennessee Warblers
3 Magnolia Warblers
1 Blackburnian Warbler
6 Blackpoll Warblers
1 American Redstart
2 Ovenbirds
1 Connecticut Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Wilson’s Warblers
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
ET’s: 50 spp.
Fern Hill School; Banded 13:
1 Northern flicker
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Wood Thrush
1 American Robin
2 Gray Catbirds
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 American Redstart
1 Ovenbird
2 Common Yellowthroats
1 American Goldfinch
ET’s: 26 spp.
Gallery – pictures of Baggers in action:
Tessa with a Black-throated Green Warbler. -H. Gayer
Ben with a good catch of birds from the BAGend nets. -H. Gayer
Alessandra extracting a bird from the net. -H. Gayer
Blackburnian Warbler in the net. -H. Gayer
Connecticut Warbler. -H. Gayer
Giovanni with the Red-tail. -H. Gayer
Gray-cheeked thrush. -H. Gayer
Tessa with the Red-tail. -H. Gayer
And if You’ve been wondering why you haven’t seen Anne Klaus around…..she’s been bicycle racing on the West Coast. She chose BC because of its lax stand on drug testing.
Instead of taking care of the Fox Den Trail, Anne Klaus is out doing cycle races In BC, Here she is at the end of the grueling Fondo. I looked and looked but couldn’t see a motor on that thing.
Rick