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Banding Summary:
Week of April 25, 2004 |
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Sunday April 25. 16 new, 1
recap. New species Yellow-rumped Warbler. Cindy Marino is BIC assisted by Kelly Dockery, and Shirley Meston.
Monday April 26. 62 new, 8 recaps. New species Blue-headed Vireo, Winter Wren, Hooded Warbler, Field Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow and Brown-headed Cowbird. Cindy Marino is BIC assisted by Betsy Brooks, Shirley Meston, Ann Adams, Linda Boutwell and our Spring 2004 intern Ryan Kayhart. Highlight of the day is a beautiful
ASY-Male Hooded Warbler and a visit from Doug Bassett, Naturalist at Letchworth State Park.
Tuesday April 27. 32 new, 14 recaps. New species Black-and-white Warbler and White-crowned Sparrow. Betsy Brooks is BIC assisted by Doug Smith, Barb Wagner, Donna Hilborn, Ruth Stork, and Kelly Dockery. Ruth Stork brings us a beautiful notebook she made with photos and range maps of many of the birds we band.
Wednesday April 28. 9 new, 10 recaps. Betsy Brooks is BIC assisted by Pat Lovallo and we welcome back Lois Smith. It is really cold … migration has stalled!
Thursday April 29. 71 new, 3 recaps. New species Cooper's Hawk, Least Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, Nashville Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Western Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, and Red-winged Blackbird. Gusty, warm SW winds bring us nine new species for the season. Dick O'Hara enjoys the sunshine and some of the first warblers of the season. Dave Woodruff, DEC Region 8 Biologist, arrives just as we bring in a feisty Cooper's Hawk from our nets. Ryan opens up a few nets two hours before sunset and we get our second Cooper's Hawk of the day, which ties Rodney Olsen's entire spring 1989 total!
Friday April 30. 194 new, 3 recaps. New species Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, Blue-winged Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Ovenbird, Kentucky Warbler, Common Grackle. A really big day, for so early in the season, with perfect temperature and winds, with the station's third-ever Kentucky Warbler in the first net-check, and later two Orange-crowned Warblers. Marilyn Guenther brings us 100 beautiful new bird bags she's made for us. We'll need them! Birds of the day are Blue Jay (27 banded), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (33), and White-throated Sparrow (47).
Saturday May 1. 40 new, 7 recaps. New species American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat. We enjoy a visit from Jack Duval and the LEAH
home school group who enjoy seeing birds banded and who learn why it is important that we band and study them.
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