Session 15 Begins

Back to banding. We felt it might be a little cooler, but forget it is still September. Fall is right over there but the recent rains have been ongoing every night, leaving us with a ton of humitity even before dawn.

The rangers did an amazing job at mowing the lanes and we had little to clean up. However, the rains were strong enough to force us to abandon Net 21 this morning. Can't get there and the vegetation looks like it will take some major work to get cleared when we can get there.



Things were very quite most of the morning, although we were surprised to hear Catbirds calling at dawn. A month early. We were hoping to catch one to prove it, but... Our first bird was a recaptured Ovenbird first banded last Fall. It was at 8:30. We did get a new capture an hour later.



Bird of the Day was then brought in. A Worm-eating Warbler. They use to be few and far between, but we are getting more in the past couple of years.



As that bird was being processed, we captured a new Common Yellowthroat. A juvenile male. Note the slight black feathers along the throat coming in.



Lynn was with us today which means some bugs and other finds. The dew did not miss much this morning, including this Damselfly.



Along the river, Apple Snails are laying eggs. New food for our Limpkin are on the way.



Cicadas are almost always calling through the day. Lynn found one and it turned out to be a new species for most of us. A Swamp Cicada.



Final bird of the day was a juvenile Carolina Wren. Its new coverts are just sprouting.



More rain flowing through the area every afternoon to night thanks to Hurricane Kate in the Pacific (really!) so it will probably be very humid Sunday. Get ready to sweat.

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Ovenbird	1	1	2
Carolina Wren	1	0	1
Worm-eating Warbler	1	0	1
Commomn Yellowthroat	1	0	1
Totals	4	1	5

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, September 11th.
All nets will be opened by 6:40 A.M.