Another Month, More Fog

Back to the site after 2 weeks down due to bad weather. Should be nice, right? Nope. More fog greeted us and lasted al morning. The only difference was Jenny and Andrew being serenaded by Limpkin and frogs before dawn.

One thing that fog does is expose all of the Bowl and Doily spider webs up and down the lanes.



Most of our bird captured today were recaptures, starting off with a Gray Catbird first banded just over a year ago.



Next up, one of our juvenile Carolina Wrens banded last August.



The next recap was a female Northern Cardinal first banded earlier in the year.



As we closed up. Susan brought back our first new bird for the day. An Eastern Palm Warbler. Warbler and other species have been way down in numbers this year. This is the first 'butter butt' we have had all season.



On the way out of the banding site, Connie nearly stepped on a Glass Lizard sunning along the path. It froze as we all walked up and took photos with cell phones.



Andrew picked up the Glass Lizard, much to Jenny's dismay, and we got a few more shots before it was released back into the woods.



Weather is 50/50 for next weekend. Stay tuned.

Note: See, told ya! No banding this week due to forecast rain and wind.
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, February 17th.
All nets will be opened by 6:30 A.M.