Sunday, September 22, 2024

We're Back!

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.

Common Yellowthroat

We did get one adult male Common Yellowthroat.

Common Yellowthroat

Kimberly, one of our visitors, got to release some birds today.

Common Yellowthroat

Several Carolina Wrens were also captured.

Carolina Wren

Another migrant joined us. An Ovenbird.

Ovenbird

Later on, we recaptured a female Northern Cardinal.

Northern Cardinal

Finally, we captured a species we thought we missed by starting so late. A Northern Waterthrush.

Northern Waterthrush

Typically, the 1st of October is the big push of migrating birds. We will see if Hurricane Helene disrupts that this Sunday.

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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.

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