[I take a day off – to see Christie Macdonald defend her Master’s project on Snow Buntings – and the place goes nuts. Matt just has a way of drawing those birds in…..]
Matt:
The birds were pretty active today after the crummy weather yesterday. It was a 100 bird day (70 new birds, 30 recaptures)! Thankfully there were lot’s of helpers to assist with all the birds. We had great diversity, with lot’s of warbler activity. There was some raptor movement with the highlight being a nice fly-by PEREGRINE FALCON. On census the highlight was a fly-by SNOW GOOSE in with a flock of Canada’s. Two of the banding highlights included the first of the fall RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and a late YELLOW WARBLER.

New birds = 70
Magnolia Warbler – 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler – 2
Wilson’s Warbler – 2
American Redstart – 1
Black-throated Green Warbler – 3
Nashville Warbler – 5
Tennessee Warbler – 1
Common Yellowthroat – 1
Northern Waterthrush – 1
Blackpoll Warbler – 3
Yellow Warbler – 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler – 1
Ovenbird – 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher – 2
Eastern Phoebe – 1
Warbling Vireo – 1
Red-eyed Vireo – 1
Gray Catbird – 3
Swainson’s Thrush – 4
American Robin – 4
Cedar Waxwing – 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak – 1
Mourning Dove – 1
Field Sparrow – 1
White-throated Sparrow – 2
Song Sparrow – 3
Purple Finch – 2
American Goldfinch – 11

Recaps = 30
Nashville Warbler – 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler – 2
Blackpoll Warbler – 3
Common Yellowthroat – 1
Black-capped Chickadee – 3
Eastern Tufted Titmouse – 3
Red-eyed Vireo – 2
Downy Woodpecker – 1
White-breasted Nuthatch – 1
Swainson’s Thrush – 5
Gray Catbird – 1
Northern Cardinal – 1
Chipping Sparrow – 1
Song Sparrow – 4
American Goldfinch – 1

Fall banding total = 864
YTD Banding Total = 3452
Daily ET = 63 species

Photo Gallery (thanks to Caleb Scholtens):