A couple days of cooler temperatures (single digits at night) got me thinking about Fall. But today, the temperatures soared back up into the high 20’s (by 11:00) and it was right back to Summer. Usually days like this make for poor banding at Ruthven but Nancy got 46 birds – over half of them were warblers, including the 3rd Connecticut Warbler in as many days.
Banded 46:
2 Gray-cheeked Thrushes
2 Swainson’s Thrushes
10 Cedar Waxwings
1 Philadelphia Vireo
5 Red-eyed Vireos
2 Tennessee Warblers
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
2 Cape May Warblers
4 Magnolia Warblers
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
4 Bay-breasted Warblers
1 Blackpoll Warbler
3 American Redstarts
4 Ovenbirds
1 Connecticut Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Rose-breasted GRosbeak
ET’s: 42 spp.
Fern Hill; Banded 12:
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Swainson’s Thrush
1 American Robin
4 Gray Catbirds
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 American Redstart
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
ET’s: 36 spp.
Rick