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Banding Summary:
Week of September 11, 2005 |
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Sunday September 11. 80 new, 12 recaps, 21 species. New species Eastern Wood Pewee. Erin Karnatz and Kelly Dockery are
banders-in-charge (BICs) with help from Barb Wagner, Pat Leanard, and Scott Walcott. Bird of the day was Swainson's Thrush with 16 banded.
Monday September 12. 21 new, 13 recaps, 10 species. Ryan Kayhart joins us as the Field Assistant for the fall season. It's a slow day (where was all this SW wind and warmth last spring when we needed it?).
Tuesday September 13. 55 new, 30 recaps, 19 species. New species Western Palm Warbler. It's another hot day, but we get a nice female Scarlet Tanager and just as Bob Spahn arrives, a Connecticut Warbler - our second for the season.
Wednesday September 14. 25 new, 10 recaps, 14 species. John Waud, recently returned from a year's banding in Chiapas, Mexico is BIC. We also enjoy having Delaney and Rowan back with us and good banding help from Erin Karnatz, Linda Boutwell, Donna Hilborn, Ruth Stork, Lee Schofield and Sue Evans. The fall Bander Training Course begins with 4 students. Nine warbler species (one of each) are nice.
Thursday September 15. 127 new, 18 recaps, 29 species. New species Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, Black-throated Green Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Swamp Sparrow. We hear hundreds of birds migrating over the banding station as we set up for the day, and manage to have our best day so far this season. The White-throated Sparrows have started in earnest, with 29 banded today. Ten Blackpoll Warblers are nice, but the highlight of the day are four Cape May Warblers.
Friday September 16. 40 new, 8 recaps, 17 species. New species Blue Jay and Hermit Thrush. We hope the rain will hold until late morning, but the deluge arrives early. Still in just three hours we band 40 birds including the first Hermit Thrush of the fall and 10 warbler species.
Saturday September 17. 34 new, 15 species. Bob McKinney is BIC with help from Ryan Kayhart and Doug Smith (just back from his Georgia to Maine trek on the Appalachian Trail).
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