These past two days have been nothing like Fall – cloudless, windless, and very hot. If I was a migrant I’m not sure I would be leaving in a very big hurry. But still the migrants are working their way South, following their innate directions and timing.
Today marked the one quarter mark of our Fall migration monitoring (we finish on November 7th). We have banded 596 birds so far.
September 16th; Banded 41:
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1st of the season)
2 Gray-cheeked Thrushes
6 Swainson’s Thrushes
7 Gray Catbirds
4 Red-eyed Vireos
1 Tennessee Warbler
2 Nashville Warblers
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
2 Magnolia Warblers
2 Black-throated Green Warblers
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
5 Blackpoll Warblers
1 Canada Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroats
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Field Sparrow
2 Song Sparrows
ET’s: 45 spp.
September 17th; Banded 35:
1 Mourning Dove
1 House Wren
1 Gray-cheeked thrush
10 Swainson’s Thrushes
3 Gray Catbirds
3 Red-eyed Vireos
2 Nashville Warblers
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Magnolia Warbler
5 Blackpoll Warblers
3 Ovenbirds
2 Common Yellowthroats
1 Song Sparrow
ET’s: 40 spp.
Rick
Lovely dream catcher and birds of course