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| female northern shoveler note her beauty spots |
We have had a couple of great days of banding but knew when we went to bed last night with a cool night in the forecast that a cold front was going through and we were hoping for a "push". Birds take advantage of cold front as the cooler winds make the air more dense and easier to fly and today was a great push the most notable bird that seemed to be filling each net were Nashville warblers. It was difficult to give up a day of banding on Tuesday but after a late night banding ducks with the air boat crew form The Ministry of natural Resources and forestry the banding crew took a much needed break and took advantage of the cold front on Wednesday. Our August banding has come to a close and we will see what September brings . We had a record august and I will be posting our totals in the days to come some very interesting result but I will save it for later and in all honesty 5 am comes way too early and I have to get to bed. It is supposed to go down to plus 7 which is awesome unless you are clinging on to summer and are trying to hold back the wave of birds that we are trying to monitor. Bird is the word...embrace the wave of birds !!!
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| we are not the only ones trying to trap early in the morning |
August 29th
ruby throated hummingbirds 6
yellow bellied flycatcher 1
alder flycatcher 4
american goldfinch 3
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| great blue heron enjoying the view from the motus tower |
white throated sparrow 7
song sparrow 2
Lincoln's sparrow 1
swamp sparrow 2
rose breasted grosbeak 2
red eyed vireo 16
Philadelphia vireo 2
Nashville warbler 6
magnolia warbler 1
chestnut sided warbler 3
palm warbler 1
ovenbird 2
norther watertrush 1
common yellow throat 13
Wilson's warbler 1
american redtstart 5
grey catbird 1
red breasted nuthatch 1
veery 7
swainson's thrush 2
94 birds
26 species
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| Ron using his fingers to learn the difference between a grosbeak and purple finch bite these two grosbeaks showing who is boss. Female on the left , Male on the right. Ron said his fingers will never be the same and there goes his career as a hand model! Kramer was seen at the marsh being consoled by his friend Gerry Seinfeld between sobs exclaiming his hands were so exquisite. |
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| it is easy to smile when the pain has stopped |
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| despite being late Sidney still has a smlie |
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| MNRF airboat |
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| Ethan with an american coot |
we helped the air boat banders band a lot of birds including
american black duck
mallard
ring necked duck
wigeon
northern shovellor
blue winged teal
american green winged teal
hooded merganser
american coot
pied billed grebe
we will know the totals at the end of the season
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| pied billed grebe is it any wonder scientists think birds evolved from dinosaurs |
August 31st
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| our 4th mourning dove of the season before this year we banded 3 in total for all of the years |
american kestrel 1
mourning dove 1
ruby throated hummingbird 1
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| HMREC member Jocelyn with a donation of mixed seed thanks so much in return she was able to photograph some very cool birds |
least flycatcher 2
american goldfinch 1
white throated sparrow 6
swamp sparrow 3
rose breasted grosbeak 3
red eyed vireo 5
Philadelphia vireo 2
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| wilson's warbler |
Tennessee warbler 7
northern parula 2
yellow warbler 4
black throated blue warbler 1
yellow rumped warbler 3
magnolia warbler 3
chestnut sided warbler 4
bay breasted warbler 1
palm warbler 2
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| nashville warbler in french its name is grey cheeked u be the judge which name is better |
northern waterthrush 1
mourning warbler 1
common yellowthroat 14
wilsons warbler 7
america redstart 8
red breasted nuthatch 1
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| young hunter with a chickadee |
golden crowned kinglet 1
swainsons thrush 5
132 birds banded
32 species
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| Our first golden crowned of the season hopefully more to come |
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| Deb Murray the scribe demonstrating how serious the job of the scribe is in the banding operation. Actually as I said it is THE most important job but it doesn't mean you can't have fun |
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| a very young bay breasted warbler |
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| kestrels always attract a lot of attention our second of the season caught in a mist net |
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