Birds were on the move last night and we have a very good morning of banding! We banded 107 new birds and 9 recaptures of 15 different species. The first two hours after daylight was extremely busy with bird activity dropping off significantly by 9:00am . Common Yellowthoats were the major player today with 60 of them banded. We also had a decent numbers of vireos with 9 White-eyeds and 10 Red-eyeds.
The first species to reach the 100 mark was the Painted Bunting with the banding of 4 of them today. At the beginning of the season I would have never guessed that Painted Buntings would have been the first species to reach 100 individuals banded this season.
- Aaron
NEW BIRDS
2 "Traill's" Flycatcher
1 Acadian Flycatcher
9 White-eyed Vireo
10 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Veery
2 Northern Mockingbird
1 Yellow Warbler
5 Prairie Warbler
2 Black-and-White Warbler
5 American Redstart
60 Common Yellowthroat
3 Ovenbird
1 Northern Cardinal
4 Painted Bunting
RECAPTURES
1 "Traill's" Flycatcher
3 Northern Mockingbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Yellow-breasted Chat
3 Painted Bunting
BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded: 107
# of Recaptures: 9
# of Species: 15
Effort: 112.0 net-hours
Capture Rate: 103.6 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets: 20
