Quality rather than quantity was the trend on this beautiful fall morning. Goldenrod and asters are glorious in the Butterfly Meadow.

Banded 18:

1 Connecticut Warbler
1 Trail’s Flycatcher
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
2 Swainson’s Thrushes
1 Wood Thrush
2 Gray Catbirds
1 Philadelphia Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Magnolia Warblers
1 Western Palm Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Chipping Sparrows
2 American Goldfinches

Retrapped 5:

1 Black-capped Chickadee
2 White-breasted nuthatches
1 Gray Catbird
1 Chipping Sparrow

Loretta