A Slight Change of Pace

Well we had a slight change of pace today with 196 new birds banded.  If you remember from yesterday, we only had 8 new birds.  A total 204 birds, including new and recaptures, made today the biggest day of the season thus far.   Yellow-rumped Warblers came through in large flocks and by the end of the day we banded 180 individuals, making up over 90 percent of the new birds banded today.

A Yellow-rumped Warbler patiently waiting to be picked from a net.

Between the waves of yellow-rumps, we had a few noteworthy captures including two previous season returns.  The first was an Eastern Towhee that was originally banded on 10/28/2011 as an after hatch year making it at least 3 years old.  The second was a Yellow-rumped Warbler that was banded exactly a year ago today.  We also had our second House Finch of the season. 

House Finch (Male)

Hopefully today has set the pace for the rest of the season!  

-Mattie 

NEW BIRDS

1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

8 Hermit Thrush

1 Gray Catbird

1 Orange-crowned Warbler

180 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

1 Palm Warbler (Western)

2 Indigo Bunting

1 Swamp Sparrow

1 House Finch

RECAPTURES

1 House Wren

1 Gray Catbird

1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

1 Common Yellowthroat

1 Painted Bunting

1 Northern Cardinal

1 Eastern Towhee

1 Swamp Sparrow

BANDING STATS

# of New Birds:  196

# of Recaptures:  8

# of Species:  15

Effort:  129.25 net-hours

Capture Rate:  157.8 birds/100 net-hours

# of Nets:  20