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Banding Summary:
Week of October 10, 2004 |
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Sunday October 10. 109 new, 24 recaps; new species Fox Sparrow. Kelly Dockery and Erin Karnatz are
banders-in-charge and enjoy the first Fox Sparrow of the season on a day with brisk NNW winds.
Monday October 11. 321 new, 16 recaps; new species White-breasted Nuthatch. Columbus Day starts fairly slow but waves of birds keep us busy until we close after seven hours of banding. We welcome the help of Ben Kopec, a local high school student. Debbie
Reed returns to the scribe chair for the morning beside Marilyn Guenther, and with Shirley Meston, Peggy Fuller, Cindy Marino, Pat Lovallo, Ryan Kayhart, Peter Doherty and Betsy Brooks, we have a great team that keeps up with the pace of banding which includes 122 Ruby-crowned Kinglets alone!
Tuesday October 12. 402 new, 8 recaps; new species American Tree Sparrow. It's a fabulous day and our best day of the fall. Linda Boutwell's pumpkin cheesecake keeps our energy levels up as we band 74 Golden-crowned Kinglets among 402 birds! Dr. Beverly Brown's Nazareth College Plant Biology class visits in the afternoon and learns about the fruiting shrubs that provide food for our stopover birds. The students are designing an informational kiosk that will present important information about shrubs that provide food for birds and other wildlife. A special thanks to Donna Hilborn for her help with the garden and demonstration for the students, and thanks to the great crew including Cindy Marino, Linda Boutwell, Doug Smith, Peg Fuller, Donna Hilborn and the regulars.
Wednesday October 13. 303 new, 28 recaps; new species Rusty Blackbird. The day's tally adds up to a grand total of 1135 new birds banded in four days!!! Lois Smith and Jeanne Skelly help at the nets, Lee Scofield and Cricket Fegan scribe, and Kelly Dockery and Jon Dombrowski stay late as the birds keep coming even into the eighth hour after sunrise! Two Rusty Blackbirds are a nice treat.
Thursday October 14. 81 new, 29 recaps. We are able to band most of the regular day until showers move in. Robin Tubolino brings 9 volunteers from Genesee County Parks to visit the station. Peter and Ryan take down the alphabet and field nets for the season and Betsy packs them up to take home to dry in Alfred!
Friday October 15. The showers make the use of nets too risky so the day is a washout. Marilyn Guenther brings us her famous muffins which keep us fortified as we clean up the banding lab and begin packing up equipment.
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