Thursday 4 May 2017

warblers and others flocking to the marsh




Every year I have the best intention to wax poetic about every returning bird  but after waking up early and  with a little running around  I am  always am playing catch up, this year apparently is no different . What follows is a photo recap of the last three days. We were rained out on Monday, but from Tuesday to Thursday we had some interesting arrivals and we banded our 1200th American tree sparrow!!! Thanks to our new J trap and three feeder nets. Cannot wait to see where some of them will show up!! Thanks to the efforts of the bander in charge Chris Sukha, and our two volunteer interns  Nicole Blackburn and Barb Babinski for all of their effort and expertise.






colour banded  robin just a fluke  the robin and Chris are colour co-ordinated






One project I would like to comment on is a cooperative project referred to as "Team Turdus" it involves colour marking robins to see how many will return to the same site with the potential for putting locators on some birds next year.This is an international effort coordinated by Alex Jahn at the Migratory Bird Center  at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Geolocators can track the movements of these birds on their migration the challenge is you have to catch a bird a second time to get the gizmo off the bird  then put the chip in a computer to see where it has been in between captures. We are excited about being part of this research and hope to add a piece to the migration puzzle.




our first black and white warbler of the year a little earlier then expected





Nicole and the black and white  from the "back corner" nets





first golden crowned kinglet





Fox Sparrow our largest sparrow  always exciting!






Tuesdays  May 2nd totals


11 ruby crowned kinglets
4 golden crowned kinglets
1 american robin
1 black capped chickadees
1 black and white warbler
1 fox sparrow
4 slate coloured junco's
1 swamp sparrow
14 american tree sparrow
6 white throated sparrow

44 birds
10 species
Reed and John a trip to the marsh before their tree planting spring begins


Wednesday May 3rd

ruby crowned kinglet 12
american tree sparrow 17
palm warbler  1
swamp sparrow 2
song sparrow 3
white throated sparrow 4
red winged blackbird  9


48 birds
7 species




Nicole took out of the net and banded the years first palm warbler



comparing chipping sparrow on the left and american tree sparrow on the right








The Glamour of banding sipping wine lakeside after a great day of banding 



super Sukha! Could have been super soaker!!!






Amigo stalwart river net companion




can you spot the yellowlegs?




1200 club Chris, Nicole. Barb, and Melissa pause to celebrate a milestone for the marsh our 1200th american tree sparrow

Thursday

ruby crowned kinglet 2
brown headed cowbird 1
red winged blackbird  22
slate coloured junco  9
american tree sparrow   18
swamp sparrow   1
white throated sparrow   3
purple finch 1
black capped chickadees   8
palm warbler    2

67 birds
10 species

brown headed cowbird


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