The end is nigh…..sounds almost portentous doesn’t it? But you can feel it. By far most of the birds you see or hear now are locally breeding ones. Migrants in the nets are now the exception. Sure, there may still be a few “good” days left, but the migration is drawing down.

Like yesterday, the first net round turned up interesting species – Mourning Warbler, for example – but the rest of the morning’s runs produced very little of interest (unless, of course, you were a young visitor – or young at heart visitor – in which case, every bird was a treat).


Banded 20:
1 Traill’s Flycatcher
1 Gray Catbird
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 Blackburnian Warbler
2 American Redstarts
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Mourning Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroats
2 Wilson’s Warblers
2 Canada Warblers
3 Song Sparrows

ET’s: 56 spp.

Photo Gallery (thanks to Sharvani Joseph):

Rick