The ‘dog days of summer’ continue to impact our weather and subsequently, the activity of banding dries up pretty quick by mid-morning. The early morning hours are pleasant, and the first couple net rounds are the most productive. A nice mix of species today, but the banding totals continue to be low.
Banded 23:
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1 Black-capped Chickadee
6 Swainson’s Thrushes
2 Gray Catbirds
1 Philadelphia Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Magnolia Warblers
2 Bay-breasted Warblers
2 Blackpoll Warblers
1 Ovenbird
1 Indigo Bunting
1 Song Sparrow
1 American Goldfinch
ET’s: 40 spp.
Pictures:
Nancy
Fern Hill Oakville:
As at Ruthven – a hot sultry day. There were a few long-distance migrants around that we caught but they were few and far between. The weather isn’t conducive to getting them to push on en masse (which produces the large banding numbers we sometimes see in the Fall). The important thing for me is that we had good birds to show to the 3 classes we had today, to get them thinking about the natural world around them and about the phenomenal physical feats some of these little birds make.
Banded 15:
1 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker (also had a retrap from 2016)
2 Blue Jays
2 Black-capped Chickadees
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
1 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Song Sparrows
1 American Goldfinch
ET’s: 26 spp.
Rick