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Banding Summary:
Week of September 21, 2003 |
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Sunday September 21. 74 new, 21 recaps, new species Blue-headed Vireo, Purple Finch. There were Monarch Butterflies everywhere and our second-best day of the fall so far. A great day with 21 species including 17 Magnolia Warblers.
Monday September 22. 20 new, 25 recaps. We were delighted to have a visit from Glenna and Ted Koehler from Ontario, Canada, parents of intern Karen Koehler from 1997 and 1998. Ann Adams planted six Rose-of-sharon trees in our Memorial Garden and we started planning for our future hummingbird garden. Highlights of the day were two Black-throated Green Warblers and a Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Tuesday September 23. 28 new, 25 recaps, new species Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler. Another day with SW winds (this would make an ideal spring banding day!) and a great staff with little to do besides data entry (Ryan and Betsy), habitat improvement (Doug Smith), waffle-making (Charley and Paula Peng), and net/pole maintenance (Charley and Paula).
Wednesday September 24. 34 new, 15 recaps . Another slow day so we are able to get quite a bit of data entered into BANDMANAGER. We get a fledgling Northern Cardinal with pox lesions around its bill. This is going to be a record fall for the incidence of avian pox. Our wet summer produced plenty of mosquitoes and avian pox is a mosquito-borne disease.
Thursday September 25. 16 new, 22 recaps. It is raining at dawn but we have blue skies by mid-morning. Joanna Klima gives a presentation to the RIT class about her research on shorebirds in Churchill and Sharon Dehn talks about ectoparasites and diseases in birds and how to give emergency first aid for minor injuries.
Friday September 26. 125 new, 24 recaps; new species Hermit Thrush and Eastern White-crowned Sparrow . It was an exciting day, our best so far this fall, with Mike Lanzone taking photographs for the new book on molt and British ringer Professor David Norman enjoying holding and photographing his first Hermit Thrush among others, and sharing his expertise with us. Later, both Mike and David speak about their work to the RIT
bander training class and Erin Karnatz also talks about her Spotted Owl research in California. At 5 PM, contractor Bob Pantarelli announces that our roof is finished!
Saturday September 27. 65 new, 13 recaps. Bob McKinney enjoyed the company of David Norman and in between numerous rain showers banded 65 birds of 18 species. Bird of the day was White-throated Sparrow, with 27 banded.
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