Right at sunrise, we caught our first Northern Cardinal, a new juvenile.
Next young bird was a recently fledged Carolina Wren.
We recaptured a Brown Thrasher down at Net 9 at the same time.
A new Brown Thrasher was soon to follow. Two Thrashers in a day is pretty rare.
Another juvenile Northern Cardinal was brought up to the table at the same time.
Two Brown Thrashers in one day is rare? How about three! That makes a record for one day in all these years.
Alyssa brought her parents and girlfriend out and they looked on as the Thrasher was processed.
Nissy got to release the Brown Thrasher before we tended to the lanes and watched for more captured birds.
It didn't take long before we caught our second juvenile Carolina Wren of the day.
Our Marsh Rabbit is still munching away on the grasses toward the lake.
It was nice get an adult female Northern Cardinal out foraging for her young.
Surprisingly, we caught a new male Northern Cardinal. We are chock full of Cardinals all over the property these days.
Another recently fledged Carolina Wren kept our totals rising for our last day.
An adult Carolina Wren was almost a surprise as our final bird of the Session.
So, all of our local birds are doing quite well and bringing new generations into the area. Northern Parula are also doing well, but staying up in the tree tops. Other locals are being heard and seen near the lake and overhead.
Now, we take two months off to let the young birds grow up undisturbed and we sleep in and avoid the heat until August (where it will still be HOT!) and begin the next banding Session. Time to crunch some numbers to see the trends over the past decade and prepare for the future.
Enjoy your Summer!
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, August 4th.
All nets will be opened by 6:20 A.M.
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