Saturday, January 11, 2025

No Banding 01/12/25

Wind chills are going to feel in the 30s. Getting old and intolerant of cold.

Next Sunday is forecast to be warmer.



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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, January 19th.
All nets will be opened by 7:00 A.M.

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Happy New Year!

Our fisrt Sunday of 2025 was greeted by chilly temperatures and a bunch of recaptures. The sounds of American Robins filled the air until they were briefly replaced by a huge flock of American and Fish Crows.

Our first bird of the morning was a Hermit Thrush. A second one was brought in later in the day.

Hermit Thrush

Gray Catbirds are pretty scarce right now so it was nice to get a recaptured one that was first banded a couple years ago.

Gray Catbird

Surprisingly, our only new bird was a male Northern Cardinal. Thought we caught them all already!

Northern Cardinal

Checking the nets by the lake got us a nice sighting of a family of Otters. They were very curious of us and played around in the river for a while.

Otter

The day also got us a couple recaptured Carolina Wrens.

Carolina Wren

Next Sunday is suppose to be cold as well. We may just sleep in. Stay tuned.

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Today's Totals

Birds Processed New Recaptured Total
Carolina Wren 0 2 2
Gray Catbird 0 1 1
Northern Cardinal 1 0 1
Hermit Thrush 0 2 2
Totals 4 8 12

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, December 29th.
All nets will be opened by 7:00 A.M.