Young male Wilson’s Warbler. -K. Petrie
It was another hot, humid day with very little bird activity around Ruthven.
Painted Lady on a Butterfly Bush. -K. Petrie
Banded 22:
2 House Wrens
2 Gray-cheeked Thrushes
2 Swainson’s Thrushes
Wood Thrush – a rather late one. -K. Petrie
1 Wood Thrush
2 Gray Catbirds
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
6 Blackpoll Warblers
2 Common Yellowthroats
Wilson’s Warbler. -K. Petrie
1 Wilson’s Warbler
1 Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting. -K. Petrie
1 Song Sparrow
Wing detail of that young Wood Thrush. -K. Petrie
ET’s: 41 spp.
Some photos from yesterday:
On his way to the Caribbean – a male Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Judy releasing a thrush.
Today’s (Sept. 20th) crew….Dave Maida, being a guy, was excluded from this picture……
Nancy and Elaine catching up.
Mary Ellen checking out a vireo. -J. Eberspaecher
When Elaine and the Larks visit, the banding day always ends with a picnic.
From Fern Hill Burlington:
There’s nothing more relaxing than a day spent outside birding…unless you are hopping from net to net in 30 degree heat, extracting birds and hoping the flocks of hundreds of European Starlings that are swooping back and forth above the nets don’t drop down and hit the nets all at once! For some reason we had large groups of starlings around our nets but luckily we had a manageable number (mostly young and inexperienced hatch years)of starlings flew in. They’re a great bird for students to practice their aging and sexing skills and have quite stunning plumage (if you can ignore their tendency to projectile poop…). I’m hoping a break from the heat comes soon!
We ended up banding a total of 13 birds of 4 species and an estimated total of 24 species sighted around the school.
We banded:
2 Gray Catbirds
9 European Starlings
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 Northern Cardinal
ET’s: 24 spp.
Katherine