We have
just completed our fifth week of Fall Migration Banding at HMREC and it’s
strange, seems like some of the birds have started to move away? Only an
average of 86 birds banded each day (for the 6 days we were banding, Sunday was
a rain day). Down from the previous three weeks, which all averaged over 100
birds per day!
However, we were all about exciting birds this
week! Especially September 1st, which you can read about in Nicole’s guest
blog. Winter Wren (now officially tied with previous records in 1999 &
2007), Belted Kingfisher, and Wilson’s Snipe!
The weeks top spot goes again to the Red-eyed
Vireo with 99 banded, followed by 58 Common Yellowthroat, and 29 Wilson’s
Warbler!
The
highlight for me this week? The Wilson’s Snipe was probably my favourite, I’m
bias though because I banded it. The way Chris and Nicole presented it to me
was the best part of the story though: Murph and I had just returned from the
river and those two quiet troublemakers had suspicious grins on their faces and
said “Sarah, we think YOU should do some banding.” I see the bag wiggle and
realize it’s not a little tiny bird, and at first I thought they had a
woodpecker for me (it’s no secret in the banding lab I love birds that do silly
awesome things such has smash their heads face first into trees). It was
better. The build up of taking it out of the bag and realizing what they had
saved for me was worth Chris and Nicole’s sneaky grins!
Other
highlights this week, another Sharp-shinned Hawk (bringing the year total to 6)
and every new one banded is a new marsh record! So we welcome our little
carnivore friends finding themselves caught in the mistnets with their angry
faces. Ovenbirds were a bit of a sneak this week, taking the record without our
knowledge! 49 banded in 2017 now, previous record of 47 in 2016!
I have
included a table of all of the birds banded for each week, the fall total, and
the 2017 totals so far, it’s interesting to compare certain birds and see what
we don’t get a lot of in the Spring vs what we are getting now (look at those
Flycatcher and Vireo totals!!!) It’s also good to highlight that even though
Song, Lincoln’s, and Swamp Sparrow numbers are already more than half for the
year, we definitely are waiting on everything else to show up later (or maybe
they only like us in the Spring?)
Table: Birds
banded per week in the fall, with the Fall total and 2017 totals!
|
Common Name
|
WEEK 1 TOTAL
|
WEEK 2 TOTAL
|
WEEK 3 TOTAL
|
Week 4 TOTAL
|
Week 5 TOTAL
|
FALL TOTAL
|
2017 Year Total
|
|
Pied-billed Grebe
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
American Bittern
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Virginia Rail
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
Sora
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
Wilson's Snipe
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Mourning Dove
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
6
|
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
|
American Kestrel
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
|
Belted Kingfisher
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Hairy Woodpecker
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
|
Downy Woodpecker
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
25
|
|
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
Yellow-shafted Flicker
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
|
3
|
9
|
12
|
17
|
7
|
48
|
66
|
|
Eastern Kingbird
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
|
Eastern Phoebe
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
9
|
|
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
14
|
20
|
|
Alder Flycatcher
|
37
|
95
|
71
|
40
|
22
|
265
|
390
|
|
Least Flycatcher
|
17
|
33
|
32
|
22
|
13
|
117
|
187
|
|
Blue Jay
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
European Starling
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
|
Bobolink
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
Brown-headed Cowbird
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Yellow-headed Blackbird
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Red-winged Blackbird
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
318
|
|
Baltimore Oriole
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Rusty Blackbird
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Common Grackle
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
93
|
|
Evening Grosbeak
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
200
|
|
Purple Finch
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
27
|
78
|
|
Hoary Redpoll
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
49
|
|
Common Redpoll
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
401
|
|
American Goldfinch
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
26
|
565
|
|
Pine Siskin
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
59
|
|
Savannah Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
15
|
|
Nelson's Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
White-crowned Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Eastern White-crowned
Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
290
|
|
Gambel's White-crowned
Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
White-throated Sparrow
|
37
|
20
|
13
|
18
|
25
|
113
|
243
|
|
American Tree Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1259
|
|
Chipping Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
|
Clay-colored Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Field Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Slate-colored Junco
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
124
|
|
Song Sparrow
|
21
|
21
|
12
|
11
|
13
|
78
|
102
|
|
Lincoln's Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
24
|
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
45
|
30
|
24
|
11
|
21
|
131
|
203
|
|
Fox Sparrow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
13
|
33
|
36
|
|
Indigo Bunting
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Tree Swallow
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
316
|
|
Cedar Waxwing
|
9
|
29
|
3
|
18
|
3
|
62
|
91
|
|
Northern Shrike
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
17
|
25
|
54
|
142
|
99
|
337
|
381
|
|
Philadelphia Vireo
|
8
|
14
|
16
|
30
|
21
|
89
|
112
|
|
Blue-headed Vireo
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
|
Black-and-white Warbler
|
6
|
14
|
8
|
12
|
3
|
43
|
64
|
|
Nashville Warbler
|
30
|
56
|
48
|
74
|
25
|
233
|
414
|
|
Orange-crowned Warbler
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
39
|
|
Tennessee Warbler
|
10
|
20
|
21
|
41
|
5
|
97
|
127
|
|
Northern Parula
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
32
|
|
Cape May Warbler
|
1
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
18
|
59
|
|
Yellow Warbler
|
30
|
19
|
13
|
18
|
11
|
91
|
226
|
|
Black-throated Blue
Warbler
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
9
|
16
|
|
Myrtle Warbler
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
219
|
|
Magnolia Warbler
|
6
|
8
|
28
|
53
|
22
|
117
|
243
|
|
Chestnut-sided Warbler
|
18
|
35
|
39
|
43
|
13
|
148
|
255
|
|
Bay-breasted Warbler
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
12
|
|
Blackpoll Warbler
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
29
|
|
Blackburnian Warbler
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
14
|
|
Black-throated Green
Warbler
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
|
Pine Warbler
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Western Palm Warbler
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
96
|
|
Ovenbird
|
7
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
13
|
47
|
49
|
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
15
|
31
|
|
Connecticut Warbler
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Mourning Warbler
|
6
|
20
|
27
|
25
|
11
|
89
|
103
|
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
27
|
14
|
35
|
51
|
58
|
185
|
381
|
|
Wilson's Warbler
|
2
|
9
|
9
|
30
|
29
|
79
|
372
|
|
Canada Warbler
|
0
|
10
|
12
|
2
|
2
|
26
|
35
|
|
American Redstart
|
48
|
111
|
94
|
60
|
25
|
338
|
568
|
|
Gray Catbird
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
22
|
|
Brown Thrasher
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Winter Wren
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
Brown Creeper
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
Red-breasted Nuthatch
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
12
|
|
Black-capped Chickadee
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
18
|
51
|
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
16
|
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
15
|
105
|
|
Veery
|
21
|
14
|
23
|
22
|
17
|
97
|
149
|
|
Gray-cheeked Thrush
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
12
|
17
|
13
|
9
|
13
|
64
|
92
|
|
Hermit Thrush
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
American Robin
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
35
|
|
Eastern Bluebird
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
|
Daily Total
|
481
|
718
|
671
|
811
|
520
|
3201
|
9642
|
|
# Species
|
41
|
50
|
46
|
47
|
43
|
68
|
96
|
Updating our
records list always proves surprising to me, as of today, we have 36 new
records at the Marsh! Including 3 new species this year (American Bittern,
Indigo Bunting, and Connecticut Warbler), so naturally keeping track of who’s
setting new highs is getting easier since I can just pretend everything is!
Below is a chart of our record setters this year for all of those we are
interested to see. 2017 is not letting us down, that’s for sure.
|
Common Name
|
Number Banded 2017
|
Previous Record
|
Year of Previous
|
|
American Bittern
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk
|
6
|
4
|
2015, 2016
|
|
Downy Woodpecker
|
25
|
23
|
2007
|
|
Eastern Kingbird
|
9
|
6
|
2007
|
|
Eastern Phoebe
|
9
|
3
|
2015
|
|
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
|
20
|
11
|
2016
|
|
Alder Flycatcher
|
390
|
280
|
2015
|
|
Least Flycatcher
|
187
|
145
|
2016
|
|
European Starling
|
7
|
6
|
2007
|
|
Red-winged Blackbird
|
318
|
292
|
2011
|
|
Evening Grosbeak
|
200
|
37
|
2011
|
|
American Goldfinch
|
565
|
532
|
2016
|
|
American Tree Sparrow
|
1259
|
659
|
2016
|
|
Indigo Bunting
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tree Swallows
|
316
|
29
|
2008
|
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
381
|
215
|
2016
|
|
Philadelphia Vireo
|
112
|
73
|
2016
|
|
Black-and-white Warbler
|
64
|
36
|
2016
|
|
Nashville Warbler
|
414
|
273
|
2015
|
|
Tennessee Warbler
|
127
|
80
|
2015
|
|
Northern Parula
|
32
|
12
|
2015
|
|
Cape May Warbler
|
59
|
18
|
2016
|
|
Yellow Warbler
|
226
|
201
|
2004
|
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
16
|
11
|
2015
|
|
Magnolia Warbler
|
243
|
161
|
2015
|
|
Chestnut-sided Warbler
|
255
|
172
|
2015
|
|
Blackburnian Warbler
|
14
|
10
|
2015
|
|
Ovenbird
|
49
|
47
|
2016
|
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
31
|
29
|
2007
|
|
Bay-breasted Warbler
|
12
|
7
|
2015
|
|
Connecticut Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Canada Warbler
|
35
|
34
|
2015
|
|
American Redstart
|
568
|
447
|
2015
|
|
Veery
|
149
|
128
|
2015
|
|
Swainson’s Thrush
|
92
|
73
|
2015
|
|
Eastern Bluebird
|
13
|
9
|
2013
|
Sarah
Bonnett
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