Do you realize that the Spring 2016 migration monitoring period is over three-quarters done!? It just dawned on me this morning as I was opening the nets and listening to the dawn chorus start up. Hard to believe. Migrants continue to move through – not in great numbers but steadily. In fact, we’ve yet to have a “big day” – 100+ birds. And I don’t think we’ll get one this Spring.
Banded 54:
1 Traill’s Flycatcher
1 Blue Jay
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 Gray Catbirds
1 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Nashville Warblers
8 Yellow Warblers
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
5 Magnolia Warblers
6 Yellow-rumped Warblers
3 American Redstarts
8 Common Yellowthroats
1 Wilson’s Warbler
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Chipping Sparrows
2 Song Sparrows
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Baltimore Oriole
1 Orchard Oriole
4 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 77 spp.
Fern Hill School – Burlington:
The sunrise was beautiful as I made the early morning drive to the
Fern Hill Campus, Burlington. Katharine and I had a productive
morning of banding with a variety of species and a mix of colours. A
new bird for the season was a Least Flycatcher. We handled a total
of 32 birds, banding 28 and retrap 4.
Banded 28
1 Least Flycatcher
7 Gray Catbird
1 Nashville Warbler
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
2 White-crowned Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Baltimore Oriole
4 American Goldfinch
Nancy
Photos from the past 2 days:
