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| second year male rose breasted grosbeak |
Well this past week we put up descent numbers but we are still waiting for the warblers to push through but word from the south is that north winds have held up the migration but we are optimistic that they will be arriving very soon. So without much ado here are the photo highlights of the week along with our banding totals
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| brown creeper |
May 8th
Ruby crowned kinglet 10
brown creeper 1
red breasted nuthatch 1
American tree sparrow 8
slate coloured junco 1
white throated sparrow 5
palm warbler 1
yellow rumped warbler 7
pine siskin 1
evening grosbeaks 3
downy woodpecker 1
red winged blackbird 16
common grackle 4
59 birds 13 species
Tuesday may 9th late start due to snow nets were frozen!!!
3 ruby crowned kinglet
3 slate coloured junco 1 swamp sparrow
1 swamp sparrow
1 white throated sparrow
4 purple finch
1 evening grosbeak
15 red winged blackbird
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| Can and Nicole with an evening grosbeak and snow on the ground !!! |
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| nashville warbler |
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| orange crowned warbler |
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| white crowned and white throated sparrow for capmaprison |
Wednesday may 10th
11 red winged blackbird
2 evening grosbeak
31 american tree sparrow
1 pine siskin
5 white throated sparrow
3 swamp sparrow
1 orange crowned warbler
3 nashville warbler
4 palm warbler
8 yellow rumped warbler
2 american robin
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| cam with a female ruby crowned kinglet |
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| Barbara with our first american goldfinch of the year |
Thursday May 11th
1 purple finch
1 american goldfinch
15 american tree sparrows
1 chipping sparrow
2 swamp sparrow
2 song sparrow
12 white throated sparrow
9 white crowned sparrow
1 slate coloured junco
2 nashville warblers
5 yellow rumped warblers
2 palm warblers
1 black capped chickadees
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| male yellow bellied sapsucker |
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| beautiful male cape may warbler |
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| First veery of the year was a retrap |
1 yellow bellied sapsucker
3 downy woodpecker
10 red winged blackbird
1 common grackle
3 purple finch
1 american goldfinch
12 american tree sparrow
5 song sparrow
9 swamp sparrow
20 white throated sparrow
5 white crowned sparrow
2 cape may warbler
3 nashville warbler
2 palm warbler
4 yellow rumped warbler
2 black capped chickadee
8 ruby crowned kinglet
4 american robin
95 birds 18 species
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| savannah saprrow |
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| first least flycatcher of the year was a retrap as well |
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| Nicole with a mourning dove uncommon for the banding site |
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| Nicole with the rose breasted grosbeak |
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| a very unusual plumage for a swamp sparrow |
Saturday May 13th
1 downy woodpecker
12 red winged blackbird
5 common grackle
4 purple finch
7 american goldfinch
1 Savannah sparrow
3 white crowned sparrow
7 white throated sparrow
2 slate coloured junco
5 swamp sparrow
1 orange crowned warbler
1 cape may warbler
1 yellow rumped warbler
2 palm warbler
1 mourning dove
1 ruby crowned kinglet
1 american robin
55 birds 17 species
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| helping kids from St Pat's in Cobalt put up some tree swallow boxes a thrill for HMREC to help out!!! |
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