Sunday September 13  56 new bandings of 18 species; 15 recaps.  New species
Blue-headed Vireo. Bird of the day is Magnolia Warbler with 17 banded.  Members of Dr. Mark Deutschlander’s Hobart & William Smith Colleges Senior Seminar visit the banding station and enjoy seeing some beautiful fall warblers.  One of last spring’s Field Assistants, Emily Runnells, and her mother, join us for several days of banding before Emily heads out to the University of Washington to begin her graduate studies.

Monday September 14.  65 new of 28 species; 11 recaps.  New species Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Western Palm Warbler and Scarlet Tanager.  We have a visit from the Creative Gardener’s Club of Rochester who see banding up close and enjoy a slide show about the research being done at BBBO.  Ember Jandebeur, a graduate of the spring 2006 BTC and now a licensed hummingbird bander joins us for a week of banding. 

Tuesday September 15.  76 new of 20 species; 13 recaps.  New species Gray-cheeked Bicknell’s Thrush.  Bird of the day is Magnolia Warbler with 25 banded.  We are greeted by a beautiful Little Brown Bat in the top of the pine aerial net which we carefully remove and release.   

Wednesday September 16.  22 new of 11 species; 9 recaps.  Jon Dombrowski is BIC on a slow day.  Ember bands her first two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.   Sue Evans joins us for one last day of net-mending before making the move to Tennessee.  She and Amanda Burns mend the pine aerial (where the Brown Bat was tangled the day before).  Dominic Sherony helps clearing shrubs from the Rob Van der Stricht trail.

Thursday September 17.  68 new of 21 species; 14 recaps.  New species Yellow-shafted Flicker, Intergrade Flicker, Brown Thrasher and European Starling.  Bird of the day is White-throated Sparrow with 17 banded.   Brockport bander Jim Keefer joins us for part of the morning.  An enormous flock of hundreds of starlings circles through the banding area and about 100 are caught in one of the aerial nets.  Fortunately, all but 3 escape by themselves!  Six students begin the first session of the fall RIT Bander Training Class.

Friday September 18.  24 new of 12 species; 4 recaps.  We enjoy a visit from 15 home-schoolers and their parents.  It’s a slow day but a Sharp-shinned Hawk caught in one of the back aerial nets is the highlight of their day! 

Saturday September 19.  46 new of 23 species.  New species Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Eastern Phoebe.   Bob McKinney is BIC with help from Chita, Ember, and Marilyn Guenther.  A cold front the night before makes for interesting banding with a nice variety.

Note: BIC = "bander-in-charge"