Slow, but Steady

Transitioning into the late Fall brings many new birds around the area with a few more to arrive into the end of the month and into December. The one sound we were waiting for was the return of American Robins. They were finally heard overhead. A welcome, happy sound as we headed out after dawn.

We started with a House Wren and captured another before the end to the day.



In Net 10, we had a recaptured Hermit Thrush. Later on we had a new one, too.



Rachel has been here before and spent most of the morning helping to record data for most of the birds today.



Tufted Titmouse are difficult to catch, so it was nice to have a recapture along the way. How the rest of the family resisted flying in is rare but we will take a data point.



We managed to get a couple of recaptured Carolina Wrens. In fact, most of our birds were recaptures.



Typically, Gray Catbirds are heard all over but we only caught one today.



Next up. a recaptured male Northern Cardinal.



Eastern Phoebe are calling all over and we finally were able to get one before we took down the nets.



Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Northern Cardinal	0	1	1
Tufted Titmouse	0	1	1
Carolina Wren	0	2	2
House Wren	1	1	2
Eastern Phoebe	1	0	1
Hermit Thrush	1	1	2
Gray Catbird	1	0	1
Totals	4	6	10

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, November 21st.
All nets will be opened by 6:25 A.M.