Least Flycatcher and Palm Warbler: FOS

With northeast winds blowing all night, I was expecting more bird activity than we had today.  I heard lots of flight calls in the sky as I walked to my truck this morning before work but we only banded 36 new birds and had 5 recaptures of 11 different species.  We banded our first Least Flycatcher and Palm Warbler of the season.  I thought this was kind of early for Palm Warblers but after looking back at last fall, I found that we started catching them during the second week of September.  

- Aaron

Least Flycatcher (AHY, sex unknown)

      

NEW BIRDS
1 Least Flycatcher
1 "Traill's" Flycatcher
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Veery
2 Northern Mockingbird
2 Prairie Warbler
1 Palm Warbler (Western)
24 Common Yellowthroat
3 Painted Bunting

RECAPTURES
1 White-eyed Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Veery
1 Wilson's Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat

BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded:  36
# of Recaptures:  5
# of Species:  11
Effort:  90.0 net-hours
Capture Rate:  45.6 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  20