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.



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



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



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.



The day also got us a couple recaptured Carolina Wrens.



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

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.