Sunday September 21. 42 new of 16 species; 27 recaps; new species Golden-crowned Kinglet. We have many visitors from the NYSOA meeting held this weekend in Rochester. Bird of the day is Blackpoll Warbler with 16 banded.

Monday September 22. 64 new of 24 species; 11 recaps; new species Hermit Thrush. Cindy Marino is BIC with help from Peggy Keller, Shirley Meston, Terry Perry, Kathleen Holt, and Tom Klotzbach. Bird of the day is Ruby-crowned Kinglet with 10 banded.

Tuesday September 23. 95 new of 21 species; 14 recaps; new species Eastern White-crowned Sparrow. We finally get our first flocks of White-throated Sparrows and band 25.

Wednesday September 24. 60 new of 17 species; 20 recaps. We get 60 new birds today and 32 of them were Blackpoll Warblers.

Thursday September 24. 96 new of 15 species; 28 recaps; new species Dark-eyed Junco. We have a one-day record 75 Blackpoll Warblers banded! We enjoy having Delaney and Rowan here helping. Erin Karnatz and Joanna Klima are guest instructors for the RIT Bander Training Class as they learn about banding and safely handling hummingbirds from Erin and many kinds of auxiliary bands for birds.

Friday September 25. 31 new of 13 species; 28 recaps. It’s a continuation of day after day of winds from the wrong direction for fall so we only band 31 birds, 11 of them Blackpoll Warblers. Dr. Kristi Hannam of SUNY Geneseo gives a workshop for the RIT students.

Saturday September 26. 19 new of 6 species. Another very poor day for BIC Bob McKinney. Bird of the day is (what else?) Blackpoll Warbler with 12 banded. We have now banded an all-time fall record 317 Blackpoll Warblers!!

Note: BIC = "bander-in-charge"