Tuesday's Results: Song Sparrow (FOS)

Blustery conditions made it tough to band today.  We started off the morning with all of the nets open, but almost immediately had to close a few because the wind was too strong.  Every net round a couple more nets were closed and I finally decided to shut down all of the nets at 10:30am.  

 

We banded 35 new birds and 9 recaptures of 14 different species.  Today brought us our first Song Sparrows of the fall with 2 banded.  We also banded our 2nd Gray-cheeked Thrush and Marsh Wren of the fall.

Song Sparrow (hatch-year, unknown sex)

Swamp Sparrow (after hatch-year, sex unknown)



Marsh Wren (after hatch-year, sex unknown)



NEW BIRDS

4 Eastern Phoebe

1 Marsh Wren

1 Gray-cheeked Thrush

9 Gray Catbird

1 Northern Mockingbird

3 Black-throated Blue Warbler

2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

6 Palm Warbler (Western)

1 Ovenbird

1 Common Yellowthroat

2 Song Sparrow

2 Swamp Sparrow

2 Indigo Bunting

 

RECAPTURES

7 Gray Catbird

1 Common Yellowthroat

1 Painted Bunting

 

BANDING STATS

# of Birds Banded:  35

# of Recaptures:  9

# of Species:  14

Effort:  43.1 net-hours

Capture Rate:  102.1 birds/100 net-hours

# of Nets:  17