Purple Martin Banding, Day 1

Time for our return to Clermont to band Purple Martins. Several of us met Angela at the 7th Street apartments near dawn.

Jenny managed to trap an adult and Angela brought down the nest for us to begin banding.



The trapped adult was a recapture banded two years ago. We also got two new adults here.



Next, Andrew began to band all the 7 ckicks that were old enough.



Susan recorded the band numbers and weight of the chicks.



Once we finished 7th Street, we headed to 5th.



Here, we checked the gourds, as well, and found an adult female in one.



Here, Jenny got to band this round of 9 chicks, some that were close to fledging.



We finished up rather quickly and got out by 8:30. We will return next Saturday to get the next round banded.

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Purple Martin	18	1	19
Totals	18	1	19

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Next (planned) Banding Day for Purple Martin: Saturday, April 29th.
All nets will be opened by 6:30 A.M.