After a rain delay, we opened the nets (22) at 1100 and closed at 1630. By the end of the day we banded 80 individual birds of 24 species and had 5 recaps.
Banded Birds:
1 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 White-eyed Vireo
4 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
3 House Wren (AND ONE ESCAPE !! Thank you Janet)
14 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4 Hermit Thrush
6 American Robin
1 European Starling
1 American Goldfinch
2 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
4 White-throated Sparrow
7 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
4 Common Grackle
1 Northern Waterthrush
3 Yellow Warbler
9 “Western” Palm Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Recaptured Birds:
American Robin banded 4/28/2021 (3 years old)
2 Red-winged Blackbirds banded 4/26/2022 ( both 3 years old)
Brown-headed Cowbird banded 4/23/2017 (7 years old)
Northern Cardinal banded 9/25/2017 (6 years old)