Braddock Bay Bird Observatory Banding

Banding Summary: Week of June 1, 2003

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Sunday June 1. RAIN! RAIN! RAIN! No banding today; the station is closed due to rain.

Monday June 2. 113 new, 35 recaps. BIC Jon Dombrowski has a great day assisted by Shirley Meston, Coby Klein, Ann Adams and John Lehr. Fourteen species of warblers are banded including 14 Magnolia and 14 American Redstart. Ann Adams releases four male and 3 female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

Tuesday June 3. 112 new, 22 recaps. BIC John Waud, assisted by David Semple, Barb Wagner, Laurie Zagmester, Ann Adams, and Linda Boutwell have a great day banding the season’s first Olive-sided Flycatcher and two Bicknell’s Thrush. A late Ruby-crowned Kinglet is banded.

Wednesday June 4. 16 new, 19 recaps. BIC Cindy Marino, assisted by Coby Klein, Laurie Zagmester and Judy Engerman have quality rather than quantity today. Cindy hears a warbler song she doesn’t recognize and shortly afterwards takes the station’s first-ever MacGillivray’s Warbler out of the net!

Thursday June 5. 3 new, 0 recaps. Rain halts banding as soon as the first nets are raised.

Friday June 6. 68 new, 20 recaps. BIC Erin Karnatz, assisted by Virginia Duffy, Kelly Dockery, Doug Smith, Laurie Zagmester, and Judy Gurley, bands 12 warbler species including 14 Magnolia Warblers!

Saturday June 7. 144 new, 7 recaps. BIC David Bonter, assisted by Jessie Barry, Laurie Zagmester, Ann Adams, and Pat Lovallo, had a classic fallout as showers moved into the area about an hour after sunrise and nets had to be closed for a good portion of the morning. This day alone proved the worth of keeping the station operating for the first week in June as 16 Yellow-bellied and 27 Traill’s Flycatchers were banded along with 24 Swainson’s Thrush, 9 Gray-cheeked Thrush, nine warbler species, and a late White-throated Sparrow.

Sunday June 8. 40 new, 12 recaps. It’s closing day but before taking the nets down David Bonter, Jessie Barry, Cindy Marino, Pat Lovallo, and Laurie Zagmester band 40 birds including 8 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, 14 Traill’s Flycatchers, and five Indigo Buntings. It was an incredible week, particularly for the so late in the migratory season.