It was cold and windy….throughout the morning; I guess you could say it was “bracing”. We captured 51 birds – 32 “new” ones, and 19 retraps – with good variety and at a pace to keep people busy and interested without being overwhelmed. We had a good number of volunteers out who were all keen to learn and to really learn in this type of endeavour you have to be able to actually handle the birds, not just watch. So in this regard it was a good teaching day.
Banded 32:
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Tufted Titmice
1 Black-capped Chickadee
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
2 Swainson’s Thrushes
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Gray Catbirds
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 Indigo Bunting
1 Song Sparrow
5 White-throated Sparrows
1 Purple Finch
2 House Finches
5 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 42 spp.
Photo Gallery (thanks to Raffaele Camasta):
Rick