At Least We Had Liquid Sunshine

We were watching the radar all night. Reporting was that it was not going to be raining until the afternoon. Yeah... We still got there and set up fine and thought nothing of it. Mainly because we had more bear things to deal with. Net 15 was tilted and we hoped that was going to be it. However, Net 13 was bent to the ground and we had to reset completely at daybreak.

While we were doing that, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet dropped in like a falling leaf nextdoor in Net 9. Our first of the season. Later on, we caught another one that we first banded in January.



Connie came in with a Common Yellowthroat next. An adult female.



While we taking that bird back, Jenny was extracting a recaptured House Wren.



Then the rain began. Not horrible. Just constant sprinkles that forced us to close the nets for a half an hour. Waves of sprinkles were coming in for the rest of the day but we managed to stay open until the end of the scheduled day. We spent some of the time rescuing the bridge that washed away during the last rains. As we were exploring the flora and fauna a Gray Catbird decided to join us.



Since we were able to open Net 21 this week we did end up with a very fiesty Western Palm Warbler. A nice addition for a gloomy morning.



Sunday is going to be another mix, weather-wise, but we hope to have a better capture rate now that the remaining species should be arriving before Winter.

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	1	2
Gray Catbird	1	0	1
House Wren	0	1	1
Western Palm Warbler	1	0	1
Common Yellowthroat	1	0	1
Totals	4	2	6

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, December 3rd.
All nets will be opened by 6:30 A.M.