Another quiet weekend. Every migrant seems to have shifted West. Oh, well. But, we were joined by the UCF Knighthawks who got to spend some fresh air with us and got to see a few birds banded today.

We captuered an new Northern Cardinal which is odd. Thought we had them all banded. Maybe now.

Our next bird was a recaptured Common Yellowthroat. It seemed different from the last time we caught it a couple of weeks ago. It is showing a very pronouced yellow patch on its eyebrow.



The President of the Knighthawks got to release the Common Yellowthroat.



We finally got one of the passing Western Palm Warblers that hit Net 20.



Our new visitor, Conner, got to record and release our new Western Palm Warbler.



Temperatures are expected to increase this week. More so tham usual.Who knows what will arrive and stick around. We shall see.

111625_WPWA_02.jpg Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Northern Cardinal	1	0	1
Palm Warbler	1	0	1
Common Yellowthroat	0	1	1
Totals	2	1	3

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, November 23th.
All nets will be opened by 6:40 A.M.

Where Did Everyone Go?

Birds are still flowing through Texas and not so much here. It was a very quiet day, but we had a couple of nice birds join us today.

We started off with a couple of Carolina Wrens. One new bird and one recapture.



A Green Heron has been hanging around the end of the lanes for a couple weeks and finally hit the nets. We don't band waders (our permit does not include them) so we release them unharmed back into the marsh.



Our only other bird of the day was a female Black-and-White Warbler.



Our new visitor, Michelle, got to release the warbler. Even though it was slow day for us, but it was a thrill for her to make contact with a couple of birds. It felt disapointing to us due the lack of birds, she was in awe of handling a live wild bird. Sometimes we forget how special it is to interact with Nature. She made us remember how this connection is so amazing.



Weather is wandering back and forth right now. Chilly to back to warmer Florida next weekend. Hoping for more catches.

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Black-and-White Warbler	1	0	1
Gray Catbird	1	0	1
Green Heron	1	0	1
Carolina Wren	1	1	2
Totals	4	1	5

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, November 16th.
All nets will be opened by 6:20 A.M.

Pretty Quiet, but a Couple of Birds of Note

A very quiet morning. Nothing but locals calling for a while. Did all the migrants fly right past us? Feels like it.

As we waited for sunrise, several people wondered about the next bird to arrive. On schedule, it did.

Our first Hermit Thrush of the season was captured a bit later. "Tail, tail, tail." The rufus tail feather confirm this bird.



Only a couple of Gray Catbirds were calling and we only ended up with two.



Two House Wrens, also. Some are still singing.



Two Common Yellowthroats, an adult male and an adult female.



We haven't caught Swamp Sparrows since we first set up Net 26 since last December. We caught two today in Net 14, much farther up the river than usual.



Weather and migration has been weird this year. Who knows what we catch next week as cold fronts shift in and out for a while.

Today's Totals

Birds Processed	New	Recaptured	Total
Hermit Thrush	1	0	1
Swamp Sparrow	2	0	2
House Wren	2	0	2
Common Yellowthroat	2	0	2
Gray Catbird	2	0	2
Totals	9	0	9

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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, November 9th.
All nets will be opened by 6:20 A.M.