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Banding Summary:
Week of May 23, 2004 |
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Sunday May 23. 51 new, 2 recaps. It could have been an excellent day if we hadn't had to contend with showers moving through the area. When a heavy shower moved into the area in mid-morning, we closed the nets for the day.
Monday May 24. 229 new, 8 recaps. New species Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush. It's the first of three excellent banding days with 14 warbler species including 38 American Redstarts, 24 Magnolia Warblers and 23 Wilson's Warblers. We open a few nets for a few hours before sunset to get some late-day mass change on birds stopping to rest and feed in the area and while checking nets count nearly 40 Common Nighthawks flying and feeding overhead.
Tuesday May 25. 230 new, 8 recaps. Another great day with 33 species banded including 53 Magnolia Warblers. For the second day in a row, we hear an Olive-sided Flycatcher singing near our back nets, but it avoids our nets.
Wednesday May 26. 246 new, 20 recaps. It's a flycatcher kind of day with 3 Eastern Wood-Pewees, 14 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, 27 Traill's Flycatchers, 6 Least Flycatchers, and 2 Great Crested Flycatchers banded. Bird of the day is American Redstart with 42 banded.
Thursday May 27. 125 new, 38 recaps. The winds shift to the NW and ends our streak of 200+ days.
Friday May 28. 44 new, 14 recaps. Last year's BTC grad Coby Klein joins us for the day. It's a slow day, but the last bird of the day is a beautiful Yellow-billed Cuckoo, our second of the season but only the fourth since 1986! The Harley School student Courtney Rawleigh completes her senior internship at the banding station.
Saturday May 29. 25 new, 24 recaps. Bob McKinney is BIC with help from Chita, Linda Boutwell, and Doug Smith.
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