Today was a nice start to the fall banding season, with 32 new birds banded, and 12 recaptures, for a total of 44 birds handled. It was also nice to see familiar faces returning for the fall season.

Despite the hot and humid conditions, banding diversity was excellent, and included a nice diversity of warblers.

Non-banding highlights included a Common Nighthawk flying overhead while opening nets, and a singing Yellow-throated Vireo.

A young Milk Snake in the butterfly meadow the non-avian highlight of the day.

New Birds = 32
Magnolia Warbler – 1
American Redstart – 1
Blue-winged Warbler – 1
Tennessee Warbler – 1
American Goldfinch – 1
Common Yellowthroat – 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler – 1 (female, pictured below)
Eastern Wood Pewee -5
Black-capped Chickadee – 3
House Wren – 1
Warbling Vireo – 3
Least Flycatcher – 1
Red-eyed Vireo – 5
House Finch – 1
Swainson’s Thrush – 1
Veery – 1
Cedar Waxwing – 2
Gray Catbird – 1
American Robin – 1

Recaptures = 12
White-breasted Nuthatch – 1
American Goldfinch – 1
Song Sparrow – 2
Eastern Wood Pewee – 1
Eastern Tufted Titmouse – 1
Gray Catbird – 3
Veery – 1
House Wren – 1
Black-capped Chickadee – 1

Fall Banding Total = 32
YTD Banding Total = 2710

Daily Census = 37 species
Daily ET = 57 species

Matt Timpf

Female Black-throated Blue Warbler