Several of us arrived at 6 AM and headed in to assess the condition of the lanes and poles. We haven't been back for a couple months. There were the few poles we knew the bears already bent back then but a survey crew came through at some point and removed some of our other sets.
90 minutes later we had everything back in shape.
As some of us were reparing the poles, we began to capture Common Yellowthroats, mainly juvenile males.
We did get one adult male Common Yellowthroat.
Kimberly, one of our visitors, got to release some birds today.
Several Carolina Wrens were also captured.
Another migrant joined us. An Ovenbird.
Later on, we recaptured a female Northern Cardinal.
Finally, we captured a species we thought we missed by starting so late. A Northern Waterthrush.
Typically, the 1st of October is the big push of migrating birds. We will see if Hurricane Helene disrupts that this Sunday.
Today's Totals
| Birds Processed |
New |
Recaptured |
Total |
| Carolina Wren |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Northern Cardinal |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Common Yellowthroat |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| Northern Waterthrush |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Ovenbird |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Totals |
7 |
4 |
11 |
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, September 29th.
All nets will be opened by 7:00 A.M.
