Andrew forgot his point-and-shoot in the kitchen so we had bad photo ops for the day since we only had to rely on cell phones. Sigh. Good photos of our early caught Gray Catbirds and Hermit Thrush were missed. Forgive the poor images.
We did recapture and couple of Carolina Wrens.
Once the sun broke through the fog, Western Palm Warblers emerged all around in different open spaces and moved toward Net 21. We ended up with 4 of them today.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets were calling early after dawn and we were hoping to finally get one since nearly a year ago. We banded two new females today.
The Festival group departed to explore other areas nearby and we continued on for another hour or so and eventually caught the Eastern Phoebe that was teasing us all morning by Net 10.
Glad to be a participant in the festival again this year and it seemed that all folks that showed up had a good time. Nice to have an early steady stream of birds to demonstrate the banding process and give some information about our site and the overall procedures.
Warmer weather is back on the way for a bit next weekend and, hopfully, we can net some new species next week. Still some late arrivals to show up.
Today's Totals
| Birds Processed | New | Recaptured | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Wren | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Hermit_Thrush | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gray Catbird | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Western_Palm_Warbler | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 7 | 4 | 11 |
NOTE: To ensure the safety of our volunteers and the general public, new visitors are discouraged from attending banding at this time. The few of us who remain will update the blog as long as we can and hope to see new faces in the future. Thank you for your understanding during this unprecedented time.
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, December 13th.
All nets will be opened by 6:40 A.M.
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