Connecticut Warbler -M. Timpf
It was a stellar first official day of fall migration monitoring. Faye and I ended up processing 99 birds of 34 species, 76 new and 23 recaps. It was very busy until about 11 am. I wasn’t able to get out to do a census until later in the day, but I did pick up a first of fall PALM warbler. The banding highlight was the CONNECTICUT WARBLER [we get only about one of these a year and here it shows up on the 1st day!!]. It was a great morning, and I was glad to have such a skilled helper.
Black-throated Green Warbler -M. Timpf
New Birds = 76
American Redstart – 4
American Goldfinch – 6
Black-throated Green Warbler – 1
Magnolia Warbler – 3
Tennessee Warbler – 3
Nashville Warbler – 1
Common Yellowthroat – 4
Canada Warbler – 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee – 6
House Wren – 2
Least Flycatcher – 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler – 1
Blackpoll Warbler – 7
Northern Waterthrush – 1
Field Sparrow – 1
Red-eyed Vireo – 1
CONNECTICUT WARBLER – 1
Ovenbird – 1
Song Sparrow – 2
Swainson’s Thrush – 4
Cedar Waxwing – 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush – 1
Veery – 1
Gray Catbird – 6
Northern Cardinal – 1
American Robin – 7
Black-billed Cuckoo – 1
Yellow-shafted Flicker – 1 ** it had 2 reddish primaries on both wings
Feather detail - Northern Flicker with a tinge of red in some of the primaries. -M. Timpf
Recaps = 23
American Goldfinch – 1
Common Yellowthroat – 1
Black-capped Chickadee – 2
House Wren – 1
Canada Warbler – 1
Black-and-White Warbler – 1
Red-eyed Vireo – 1
White-breasted Nuthatch – 1
Eastern Tufted Titmouse – 4
Swainson’s Thrush – 1
Downy Woodpecker – 2
Gray Catbird – 3
Baltimore Oriole – 1
Northern Cardinal – 1
American Robin – 2
Total birds processed = 99
Fall Season Banding Total = 76
YTD Banding Total = 2719
ET = 60 species
Matt