There’s a lot of equipment and a variety of vehicles in the parking lot at Ruthven associated with this film shoot. For security reasons (I think), the big lights in the lot have been turned on so that the security folks can see anything that’s going on. The lights are quite brilliant and I’m wondering if migrants might avoid them when coming down at the end of a night’s flight. The reason I’m questioning this is that there were so few birds around this morning despite cooler temperatures and a NE wind. I was expecting more…..
However, we did have 2 “new” birds for the season: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Golden-crowned Kinglet.
Banded 13:
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Swainson’s Thrushes
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 American Redstart
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrows
1 American Goldfinch
ET’s: 40 spp.
Photo Gallery:
Rick