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Banding Summary:
Week of May 4, 2003 |
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Sunday May 4. 19 new, 7
recaps. A great crew with Erin Karnatz, Sue Smith, Laurie Zagmester, Anna Ludi
and Janice Marsden -- but only 19 birds banded.
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Monday May 5. 39 new, 3 recaps. SSE winds brought in five new species for the spring -
Veery, Wood Thrush, Blue-winged Warbler, American Redstart, and Hooded Warbler. Bander Training Course graduate Patti
O'Kane, back with us for the fourth spring, joined Chara Batchelder, Betsy Brooks, Jon
Dombrowski, Pat Lovallo, Cindy Marino, Sandi Shifley, and Barb Wagner.
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Tuesday May 6. 13 new, 6 recaps. It was definitely quality over quantity today with only 13 birds banded, but one of them a
Louisiana Waterthrush (only the second ever banded at Braddock Bay)! We welcomed students from the Diversified Occupations Program at the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury, VT and their teachers Meghan and Rodney Olsen.
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Wednesday May 7. 301 new, 5 recaps. It's a banner day with 301 birds banded including new species
WarblingVireo, Tennessee Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Our banders were Betsy Brooks and John Waud ably assisted by Liz Barry, Chara
Batchelder, Judy Engerman, Pat Lovallo, Loretta Morrell, Patti O'Kane, Laurie
Zagmester, and intern Ryan Kayhart. We also appreciated the help of the DO students and teachers and two visiting ringers from Belgium, Vincent
Bulteau, and Laurent Leclercq.
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Thursday May 8. 99 new, 27 recaps. It was an international day with Swiss RIT student Anna
Ludi, Belgian ringers Vincent Bulteau and Laurent Leclercq, and British ringers John and Jerry Wilshe from East Sussex, UK all participating at the station. We get one bird shy of a hundred for the day, 56 of them Ruby-crowned Kinglets, but a beautiful Orange-crowned Warbler with a brilliant crown makes the day.
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Friday May 9. 52 new, 12 recap.The first Common Nighthawk of the spring flies over the field as we set up the nets. We catch the Carolina Wren that has been singing in the area all week! Our great staff is Betsy Brooks, Cindy Marino, Kelly Dockery, Laurie
Zagmester, Shirley Meston, Patti O'Kane, Judy Gurley, Debbie Reed and intern Ryan
Kayhart.
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Saturday May 10. 42 new, 8 recaps. Traill's Flycatcher is a new species, bringing the number of spring 2003 species to 56. Bob McKinney is BIC assisted by Chita McKinney and Doug Smith.
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