It was our first species captured today and Jenny jumped into the banding seat to get her first actual banded bird under her wing.
Jenny brought a large group from school to observe banding today and one of the participants got to release the first Gray Catbird of the day.
Another Gray Catbird banded leads to...
...another Gray Catbird released by a new visitor.
Adult male Common Yellowthroats are flowing in and we should be catching more in the next few weeks.
The next run brought a couple more birds. It included our next Gray Catbird.
The following volunteer got to release the Gray Catbird.
Lisa is one of our new volunteers who is not afraid to chance the bite of a feisty Northern Cardinal. We are catching all of this years brood this Fall.
While Richard and others were tending to plantings, Christine discovered droppings near Net 20. Seems like we have new visitors as they determined that it was bear scat. Haven't seen bears around in quite awhile.
While Jenny's group were doing a bit of bird watching, one of the Tufted Titmice swung down and into the newly set Net 25. Back to the table!
Tufted Titmice are the real Angry Birds but Jenny got the band on without any real biting problems.
Andrew got to release the newly banded Tufted Titmouse.
The crowd gathered around next for an Ovenbird brought in next.
Ovenbirds are calling loudly and still hitting nets from time to time.
Another juvenile Northern Cardinal added to our morning totals as the kids watch.
One escaped last week, but today we caught our first migrant White-eyed Vireo. A juvenile full of traveling fat deposits like we usually find this time of year.
A female juvenile Northern Cardinal ended our day. Nice to see so many new Cardinals joining the property this year.
Curious to see how next week plays out. Indigo Buntings should roll through as well as other late October visitors.
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday the 20th.
All nets will be opened by 7:00 A.M.
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