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.
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| 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.
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| our first black and white warbler of the year a little earlier then expected |
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| Nicole and the black and white from the "back corner" nets |
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| first golden crowned kinglet |
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| 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
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| 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
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| Nicole took out of the net and banded the years first palm warbler |
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| comparing chipping sparrow on the left and american tree sparrow on the right |
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| The Glamour of banding sipping wine lakeside after a great day of banding |
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| super Sukha! Could have been super soaker!!! |
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| Amigo stalwart river net companion |
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| can you spot the yellowlegs? |
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| 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
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| brown headed cowbird |
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