Nice views of bluebells and Golden Alexanders flowering along River and Carolinian Trails, respectively. Heard a few migrants (Northern Parula – first for the year – and Black-throated Green Warbler) on census but banding was dominated by local birds. Not as many swallows feeding over the river. Heard 1 Purple Martin but none by the martin houses.

Banded 20:
1 Mourning dove
1 Blue Jay
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Gray Catbird
1 Blue-winged Warbler
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Black & White Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
1 Chipping Sparrow
2 Song Sparrows
1 Red-winged Blackbird
5 American Goldfinches

Retrapped 30:
1 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatches
1 Blue-winged Warbler
4 Yellow Warblers
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
7 Chipping Sparrows
3 Song Sparrows
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Baltimore Orioles
2 American Goldfinches

ET’s: 52 spp.

Audrey Heagy