blog or sleep??? Sleep always wins!!!

Without  an internet connection at the marsh and rising so early in the morning  to band while trying to maintain a fairly sane life with family and  and getting basic things done while ignoring a lot of other important tasks sometimes life just gets in the way. i guess the advantage that some banding stations have is that people are  at a remote station and the only thing that happens at these stations is  the operations of the station. washing bid bags fixing walk ways,  doing retrap data, entering banding data etc. So the challenge for us is we have a life away from banding as well so  that is my juicy rationalization for not keeping up on the blog. So here we go with another three days of  banding.  One of the reasons i want to keep people with an interest in what we are banding  up to date is that some researchers are scratching their heads about this migration and wondering where all the birds are so perhaps these updates will shed some light for other researchers. Or at the very least a friend who checks out the blog told me she just likes seeing the pictures of new birds we have been getting at the marsh and she would never waste he time reading  the blog. The best part is that it is safe to write that because I know she wont read it .  Time to catch up ,here is what we have been up to. .

amigo " represent" the bird  nerds 

Monday may 23rd

1 ruby throated hummingbird
1 Nashville warbler
1 chestnut sided warbler
2 least flycatchers
1 northern parula
1 magnolia warbler
1 yellow warbler
7 common yellow throats
1 mourning warbler
1 yellow rumped warbler      

oven bird 

3 american redstart
2 wilson's warbler
2 swamp sparrow
1 song sparrow
1 purple finch
1 Savannah sparrow
4 veery
1 swainsons thrush
1 white throated sparrow

2 downy woodpeckers
3 gray catbirds
5 red-winged blackbirds
1 white crowned sparrow
11 american goldfinch
26 pine siskin


26 species
84 birds

eastern king bird 

Tuesday may 24th

1 ruby throated hummingbird
3 chestnut sided warbler
2 Tennessee warbler
2 least flycatchers
1 magnolia warbler
3 yellow warbler
2 black and white warbler
1 palm warbler
9 common yellow throats
1 mourning warbler
10 american redstart
5 wilson warbler
2 yellow rumped warblers
1 chipping sparrow                                      

Sidney with her first eastern king bird  I told her i was only taking photo of bird !!!!

2 Philadelphia vireo
4 american gold finch
2 white crowned sparrow
3 Savannah sparrow
2 Lincoln sparrow
1 swamp sparrow
1 white throated sparrow
3 veery
1 swainsons thrush
1 eastern king bird
1 gray catbird
1 rose breasted grosbeak
2 red-winged blackbird
2 american robin
1 common grackle

29 species
70 birds

clay colored sparrow 

Wednesday  May 25th

2 ruby throated hummingbirds
1 least flycatcher
7 alder flycatchers
11 magnolia warblers
5 Nashville warblers
1 northern parula  ( which is a warbler in case anyone is looking it up)
8 chestnut sided warblers
1 Tennessee warbler
5 yellow warbler
8 common yellow throats
2 mourning warbler
2 palm warbler
1 northern water thrush
1 black and white warbler
15 american redstart
4 yellow rumped warbler
1 clay coloured sparrow  ***** only the 5th ever for the banding station ******
1 song sparrow
1 Savannah sparrow
1 Lincoln sparrow
3 swamp sparrow
9 american gold finch
1 pine siskin
2 purple finch
2 veery
1 downy woodpecker
1 rose breasted grosbeak
1 gray catbird
8 red-winged blackbirds
2 american robin

33 species
129 birds

Reed with clay coloured sparrow 

Now i can go to bed !!!! Soon we will talk about the photo below  to tired ....zzzzzzzz

very exciting development  for the hilliardton marsh stay tuned for more to come .....