Last Sunday of 2022

A bit of fog was trying to settle in as we headed out to our last Sunday of the year.

We began the day with a recaptured Carolina Wren and ended up with 4 overall. One was new.



We then recaptured a Northern Cardinal pair.



Next up, a couple of recaptured Hermit Thrushes.



Reserving Bird-of-the-Day for our 7th Belted Kingfisher ever banded, even though it was the third official bird in nets today.



This beautiful female was grumpy in the net but was very relaxed by the time we banded her.



Didn't even hear a Gray Catbird until later in the day so it was nice to get at least one today.



Our first Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle Warbler) was last week as they are slowly arriving this Winter. Nice to have a second this week. Both were juvenile males.



Taking the next two weeks off for the holidays. Both major days hit Sunday, so enjoy and we will be back the 2nd week of January. Thanks for all of the support through last year! Back to festival time in 2023.

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Northern Cardinal	0	3	3
Carlina Wren	1	3	4
Belted Kingfisher	1	0	1
Gray Catbird	1	0	1
Hermit Thrush	0	2	2
Myrtle Warbler	1	0	1
Totals	4	8	12

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, January 8th.
All nets will be opened by 6:50 A.M.

Variety is Fun

Birds were mixed all day, but we had a lot of different species today. The access to the lake as a bit more dry, but sand bars seem to be building in front of the pier.

Fog was forecast. It didn't really form. Later on, the wind did ramp up as we ended the day. Our first brids were a pair of Northern Cardinals, including this adult male and a younger female.



After a recaptured Hermit Thrush, we finally caught one of our first Myrtle Warblers (Yellow-rumped Warbler) of the season. This was a first year male.



We also caught our first Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the season.



This Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a first-year male, shown by the couple of ruby feathers on the crown.



Eastern Phoebes started calling later in the day and we were lucky to get one before the day was over.



There are a couple of House Wrens that frequent the area between Net 11 and Net 19 which also includes Nets 5 and 6. Finally, one hit.



Ending the day, we brought in a Western Palm Warbler.



Next Saturday several of us will do a Christmas Bird count to the North and then return for our last banding day of the year. Gonna be cold after a front drops in Thursday into Friday. 40 in Florida? Brrr...

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Northern Cardinal	0	2	2
Western Palm Warbler	1	0	1
House Wren	1	0	1
Eastern Phoebe	1	0	1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	0	1
Gray Catbird	1	0	1
Hermit Thrush	0	1	1
Myrtle Warbler	1	0	1
Totals	6	3	9

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, December 18th.
All nets will be opened by 6:45 A.M.

A Decent Start to December

How are we already into December? Now we listen and look for the last migrants of the season to arrive. We ar already hearing some Goldfinches and Waxwing, but we are still looking for Yellow-rumped Warblers. The first two are in and hoping we can get some Yellow-rumps.

Fog was predicted. Not much of anything. Our first bird was a Carolina Wren. We had 2 recaptures today.



The North Shore Festival was going to be a thing but circumstances had us cancel that event. Everyone was told about the canceling...except for the tour leader. Angela arrived and got to at least release one of the Wrens.



A Western Palm Warbler hit Net 20 just after dawn to give us some hopes for more migrants. However, they would be the only ones today that we processed. We did see a Black-and-White Warbler and our Yellow-bellied Sapsucker arrived later in the day near the marsh. Which is now full of white sand right now.



Two Northern Cardinals were brought in today. One new female and one recatptured male.



One thing that happens after some bad storms and hurricanes. The landscape is scraped clear heading toward the lake. Andrew made it down to a newly changed river bend and walked over soft ground and got to see the Window on the Lake for the first time since last Spring.



Our second Wren gets a close up before release.



Several House Wrens were teasing us through the day. A couple of us saw them flying just along the lanes and under certain nets. We finally got one recap.



Our second Western Palm Warbler was found as we closed nets at Net 21 and lead us to the end of our day.



Looking forward to cooler weather next weekend and maybe we can get a few interesting new birds.

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Northern Cardinal	1	2	3
Western Palm Warbler	2	0	2
House Wren	0	1	1
Carolina Wren	0	2	2
Totals	3	5	8

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