Just when you think it’s all over, the Fat Lady has sung, she throws you a curve and sends birds your way.
The Ruthven crew banded 47 birds of 21 species; 12 of those species were warblers, including the first Mourning Warbler of the year. Check out the list below.
Banded 47:
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Traill’s flycatcher
1 Swainson’s Thrush
3 Gray Catbird
1 Cedar Waxwing
5 Yellow Warblers
2 Chestnut-sided Warblers
12 Magnolia Warblers
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
2 Canada Warblers
5 American Redstarts
2 Ovenbirds
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Mourning Warbler
2 Wilson’s Warblers
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Indigo Bunting
1 Baltimore Oriole
2 Orchard Orioles
ET’s: 62 spp.
Fern Hill – Oakville:
At Fern Hill things weren’t nearly so dramatic, but we did a thorough count of birds around the school, within half a kilometer and turned up 44 species including Bobolinks and a Scarlet Tanager. We also got to see a Barn Swallow close up – it was chasing another male and didn’t see the net. As well we had a very interesting retrap: an American Goldfinch that had been banded May 10th at Fern Hill Burlington!!
Banded 13:
1 Barn Swallow
1 Blue Jay
1 Gray Catbird
1 European Starling
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Song Sparrows
5 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 44 spp.
Rick