Sunday May 25. 109 new of 30 species; 17 recaps. Bird of the day is Magnolia Warbler with 17 banded.

Monday May 26. 349 new of 47 species; 18 recaps. New species were Eastern Wood-Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Gray-cheeked/Bicknell’s Thrush and Bobolink. With winds from the SW all night, we have a fantastic day! Erin Karnatz bands 14 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. It’s a wonderful flycatcher day and we band 4 Eastern Wood-Pewees, 6 Yellow-bellied, 38 Traill’s, 8 Least and 4 Great Crested Flycatchers. We also band 19 warbler species including 32 Magnolia Warblers, 27 Blackpolls, 24 American Redstarts, and 22 Common Yellowthroats.

Tuesday May 27. 95 new of 21 species; 13 recaps. Bird of the day is American Redstart with 18 banded. Our second-ever spring Red-bellied Woodpecker is another treat. Chris Gates and Ryan Kayhart work hard to get the Memorial Garden and Rob van der Stricht trail mowed.

Wednesday May 28. 35 new of 20 species; 18 recaps. It’s a slow day, but with lots of variety. The beautiful new “Plantings for Birds” information panels, designed by Kelly Dockery, go up in the Garden Kiosk with the help of Steve Maley. We have our spring picnic for volunteers followed by the Memorial Garden Remembrance Ceremony honoring William Loeber and Mary Jean Weld.

Thursday May 29. 55 new of 24 species; 17 recaps. Another slow day but we band 11 warbler species including 8 American Redstarts.

Friday May 30. 108 new of 32 species; 18 recaps. It’s a good day with 12 Traill’s Flycatchers banded along with 16 species of warblers including 11 Wilson’s and 10 Magnolia Warblers. We also band a late Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – maybe one of the ones building a nest in the vicinity of the banding station.

Saturday May 31. 54 new of 15 species. We were pleased to welcome students from the Spencerport school district and their teacher Shelly Remillard. The students presented the Observatory with beautiful nest boxes they had made themselves. BIC Cindy Marino they enjoyed seeing a good number of birds banded and learning about why we band birds.