We call it Florida Fall because most of the oak leaves that turned brown over the Winter are pushed out by new growth, leaving our nets full of 'leaf birds' to take out all morning. BUT! That means Spring is almost here.
Another sign of Spring is the arrival of Eastern Tent Caterpillars.
Andrew's wife provided some morning fuel to get us moving down the lanes.
Our first capture was a very squeeky recaptured Tufted Titmouse.
Next up, a beautiful little House Wren
Gray Catbirds are starting to get active again.
Yellow-rumped Warblers hang out by the lake and we got our first halfway through the morning.
Our new visitor, Austin, got to release some birds today.
As we checked on the nets, Kimberly spotted a Short-tailed Hawk and Red-shouldered Hawk flying up above.
Looks like our Carolina Wren has been rolling around on the grass this morning. More exciting is this was an unbanded wren. Thought we had all of them accounted for...
One of our former volunteers, Phyllis, dropped by and helped to steer an Eastern Phoebe into a net.
Her reward? To release the Phoebe before heading home.
Our last Yellow-rumped Warbler shows that they are beginning to transition into their Spring colors.
2 weeks from Spring! Hope we start getting some interesting migrants along the way.
!!!NOTE!!! This weekend is Daylight Savings Time. Spring forward!
Today's Totals
| Birds Processed |
New |
Recaptured |
Total |
| House Wren |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Gray Catbird |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Tufted Titmouse |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Carolina Wren |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Eastern Pheobe |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Yellow-rumped (Myrtle Warbler) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Totals |
7 |
1 |
8 |
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, March 2nd.
All nets will be opened by 7:40 A.M.
