How time flies! It seems like we just began and here we are sitting at the one quarter mark of the migration (our last day is November 7th). For the past 2 days we’ve enjoyed sensational weather but just a trickle of migrants. We’ll see if the unsettled weather called for on the weekend shakes things up.
I was surprised to get the first White-throated Sparrow of the season on the 15th. It’s pretty early….maybe a sign of things to come.
I was walking the dog at Ruthven tonight (16th) at around 5:30 and was thrilled to see at least 20 Common Nighthawks foraging over the Butterfly Meadow and parking lot for more than half an hour. I haven’t seen that many nighthawks since I was a kid.
September 15th; Banded 15:
1 Eastern Wood Pewee
1 Least Flycatcher
2 Swainson’s Thrushes
4 Gray Catbirds
2 Blackpoll Warblers
1 Ovenbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 White-throated Sparrow
2 House Finches
ET’s: 46 spp.
September 16th; Banded 22:
2 Black-capped Chickadees
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
1 Swainson’s Thrush
2 Gray Catbirds
2 Philadelphia Vireos
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Nashville Warblers
1 Magnolia Warbler
5 Blackpoll Warblers
1 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
1 American Goldfinch
ET’s: 50 spp.
Rick