Our first bird was captured just at sunrise, a Carolina Wren, and everyone was gathered around the table to observe the banding process.
When asked who would like to release our first bird, Joe jumped at the opportunity and the Carolina Wren quickly moved on to finish its breakfast as planned.
Next up was a common Winter visitor, a Gray Catbird.
This was a new juvenile bird and another guest couldn't wait to release the bird safely back into the woods.
Hermit Thrushes are another Winter resident and we captured 3 today. One was a recapture from earlier in the morning.
The second Hermit Thrush was brought to the table soon after the first.
Squawking nearby told us a Northern Cardinal was being extracted and it was a juvenile female.
It was soon followed by an adult male.
Once things settled down a bit the group gathered around the banding table and Andrew dispensed some information about the banding process and why were are doing what we do at Lake Lotus and we had a bit of Q and A. Shortly afterwards, the visitors headed over to Lake Lotus proper to do some bird watching while we continued to monitor nets.
An hour or so later, Jenny processed a near adult Northern Cardinal female.
We wrapped up the morning with our 2nd Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the year. An adult female. The males are around but not moving too much on this side of the river.
Thanks go out to Deborah Green and her helpers for arranging for the opportunity for visitors of the North Shore Birding Festival to join us. We enjoyed having them and hope that they had a memorial experience with us and stop by again in the future.
The next cold front is suppose to arrive next Sunday so if you are volunteering, bundle up!
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, January 26th.
All nets will be opened by 6:45 A.M.
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