So…..I’m driving home from Ruthven around 3:30 and the CBC commentator is going on about what a dreary day it has been: overcast, light drizzle/fog patches. And I’m thinking: Are you kidding me!? This has been the best day of the Fall migration so far with nonstop action from dawn to closing time. And it was the overcast and fog patches that made the day so wonderful. It’s all in how you look at it I guess.
Again, although we banded 22 species (including the 1st Orange-crowned Warbler of the season) over three quarters of the birds banded (76%) were made up of just 3 species: Cedar Waxwings, Yellow-rumped Warblers, and White-throated Sparrows.
Banded 161:
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpeckers
1 Northern Flicker
1 Blue Jay
1 Brown Creeper
1 Winter Wren
1 Carolina Wren
6 Golden-crowned Kinglets
58 Cedar Waxwings
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Orange-crowned Warbler (1st of the season)
34 Yellow-rumped Warblers
3 Blackpoll Warblers
2 Chipping Sparrows
1 Field Sparrow
6 Song Sparrows
2 Lincoln’s Sparrows
31 White-throated Sparrows
4 Eastern White-crowned Sparrows
2 Dark-eyed Juncos
1 American Goldfinch
ET’s: 43 spp.
Photo Gallery:
Rick
Fern Hill School Results:
It was a slow, misty start to the morning at Fern Hill today, but a mid-morning rush brought us some birds! Mostly comprised of American Robins, we ended up catching 32 birds, including our first banded Myrtle Warblers of the season.
Banded 28
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
18 American Robins
4 Myrtle Warblers
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 House Finch
2 American Goldfinches
ET: 25 spp.
Jan