Last Fall was a bad one for us at Ruthven: we didn’t have even one day where we banded more than 100 birds. But today marked the 3rd day in a row of over 100 birds banded….101.
It was a typical Fall day: strong cold wind out of the NE and heavy overcast. Thank goodness the wonderful weather has past us by, eh? This is the weather that brings migrants en masse.
Banded 101:
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1st of the season)
1 Winter Wren
3 Golden-crowned Kinglets
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
1 Hermit Thrush
3 Gray Catbirds
2 Tennessee Warblers
1 Nashville Warbler
48 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Western Palm Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Chipping Sparrow
3 Song Sparrows
2 Swamp Sparrows
21 White-throated Sparrows
7 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 47 spp.
And at Fern Hill School Nancy banded 18 Including the first Hermit Thrush and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker of the season.
Rick