fall numbers are consistently good

So far this fall we have been having a wonderful banding season . We have been very fortunate to have  a crew that has been trained to extract  and have been very fortunate to have a Greg Rand  an experienced bander and extractor as a volunteer this week. we have been able to run the river nets as well as the shed nets which have boosted our numbers . Here are the results of the past few days


banding numbers for  tuesday aug 16th


Ruby throated hummingbirds 14
Chestnut sided warbler     11
least flycatcher    5
magnolia warbler 6

Greg  showing some marsh style!!

Nashville warbler  5
Tennessee warbler 2
american redstart 10
mourning warbler  4
cape may warbler 1
black and white warbler 2
common yellow throat 7
alder flycatcher   10
yellow warbler  3
red eyed vireo  8
purple finch  5
ovenbird 3
song sparrow 3
swamp sparrow 3
cedar waxwing 4
veery 3
rose breasted grosbeak 3
common grackle 2
mourning dove 1
white throated sparrow 8
american goldfinch 2
black capped chickadee  1
northern flicker   1

127 banded birds   28 spoecies

our second mourning dove of the season very hard to catch

monday august 15th


ruby throated hummingbird  3
magnolia warbler 5
least flycatcher    4
chestnut sided warbler 9
Nashville warbler   9
Tennessee warbler    4
northern parula   1
american redstart  14
alder flycatcher  8
mourning warbler   3
common yellow throat  7
yellow warbler   6

a close looks shows wax tips on this hatching  bird a shocker for me !!

red breasted nuthatch  1
cape may warbler    2
black and white warbler 1
song sparrow   5
purple finch   6
northern waterthrush  1
swamp sparrow   3
red eyed vireo  9
Lincoln sparrow  1
cedar waxwing   7
veery   5
downy woodpecker 1
common grackle  1
gray catbird 2
northern flicker  1
white throated sparrow  19
yellow rumped warbler 1

Alex excited to show a male flicker 

banded birds 145    32 species









If this early trend continues banders in the south have a great migration to look forward to . Weather is a bit iffy tomorrow but hopefully more to comment on after we band tomorrow