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Banding Summary:
Week of May 18, 2003 |
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Sunday May 18. 93 new, 12 recaps. Members of Genesee Land Trust joined us for a good day of banding with 93 birds banded of 19 species including two Sharp-shinned Hawks and nine warbler species. Erin Karnatz was BIC assisted by Ryan Kayhart, Pat Lovallo, Janice Marsden, Rodney Olsen, and Kathy Taddeo.
Monday May 19. 156 new, 17 recaps, new species Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, Northern Parula, Indigo Bunting. Rochester native Mike Lanzone is spending a week with us taking digital photographs for a book on ageing of passerines that will be a collaborative effort with Bob Mulvihill of Powdermill Nature Reserve.
Tuesday May 20. 207 new, 26 recaps, new species Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Cedar Waxwing. With winds from the SW, this was a really interesting and exciting day. We banded 207 birds of 38 species including 22 Blue Jays and 22 Magnolia Warblers. Ryan Kayhart bands a beautiful
second-year male Scarlet Tanager!
Wednesday May 21. 32 new, 20 recaps. The wind switches around to the North once again and our total for the day drops to 32 new bandings. The slow action is good for the bander training students who need time with each bird they process. Cornell University researcher Andrew Farnsworth is recording the vocalizations of some of the warblers we handle, while Mark Deutschlander, Professor in the Biology Department at Hobart and William Smith College, is photographing birds under UV light. Meanwhile, we collect fecal samples from Gray Catbirds for Nazareth College professor Beverly Brown who will analyze them to let us know what the birds are eating at this stopover site.
Thursday May 22. 27 new, 22 retraps, new species Gray-cheeked Thrush. We enjoy a visit from Lois Smith, on sabbatical from the station this spring. Carol Southby brings us Bayberry bushes to plant in the Memorial Garden. Mike Lanzone stays until early evening to photograph birds and captures the first Gray-cheeked Thrush of the season.
Friday May 23. 40 new, 28 recaps, new species European Starling. The day is a "gift" as the forecasted showers hold off until after closing. We all enjoy five Sandhill Cranes flying over the station. The first Bobolinks of the spring seem to be all over our field, but none manage to get caught in our field nets. It's final exam time for students in the Bander Training Class, all of whom pass the course. Congratulations to Sandra Brennan, Virginia Duffy, Paul Fehringer, Coby Klein, Rodney Olsen, Michael Turisk, and Laurie
Zagmeister.
Saturday May 24. RAIN! RAIN! RAIN! Weather conditions prevented Bob McKinney from operating the station today.
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