Hermits Are Our Only Friends

This should be a time of migrants but they were few and far between. Hermit Thrushes made up the majority of our captures today. One escaped on extraction but then we got another recap soon afterwards.



As we finished setting nets we could hear Brown Thrashers calling. Minutes later, we got one of our previously banded birds in Net 19. This family seems to stick to one small area of the property and we await new chicks in a while.



A Northern Cardinal was captured and released at Net 17 before we got another recaptured Hermit Thrush.



All of our birds were caught in the first hour of operations before things got quiet. We spent most of the day marking out areas not to be mowed in the future as we are planting native vegetation. Too quiet for us. Where are the birds? Seems strangely off over the past year and a half. Moving into April we are use to getting migrants on their way North. We shall see.
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, April 7th.
All nets will be opened by 6:40 A.M.