The May 16th post was missed earlier in the week. However, subsequent posts have been made, so scroll down to make sure you’ve read everything.
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The weather forecast called for scattered showers and unsettled conditions, and the sky looked ominous as dawn broke. Given the season the day should yield a bumper crop of spring migrants.

The nets were opened and the troops gathered (funny how they gather after the nets are opened huh? coincidence? I think not) to await the onslaught of neotropical migrants. Other than a brief squabble over who would perform census, all was calm.

And all remained calm as, other than the now usual onslaught of retrapped Brown-Headed Cowbirds, not much happened. Text messages reporting the expected sightings of Worm-Eating and Cerulean Warblers were deleted. Binoculars, cameras, and bird bags were stood down, and many crests were fallen.

Better luck next cold front.

Banded: 32
American Goldfinch 5
Magnolia Warbler 1
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet 1
Yellow Warbler 6
Yellow-Rumped Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Eastern White-Crowned Sparrow 2
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Brown-Headed Cowbird 2
Veery 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 2
Killdeer 4

Retrapped: 32
American Goldfinch 3
Yellow Warbler 6
Chipping Sparrow 1
House Wren 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Brown-Headed Cowbird 9
Song Sparrow 4
Orchard Oriole 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
White-Breasted Nuthatch 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 2

66 species recorded

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