Another 100+ Day!
May 28, 2016
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AN EXCELLENT SPRING BANDING DAY!
May 28, 2016
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Best Day of the Spring Season????
May 26, 2016
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Thursday May 26, 2016. 261 new bands of 34 species; 5 recaps. New species Alder Flycatcher, Eastern Wood Pewee, and Gray-cheeked Thrush.
Normally, unless a Traill’s Flycatcher sings in the hand while being banded, we cannot be sure if it an Alder or Willow Flycatcher. But one bird sang in its bag while waited in line to be banded and it sang in the hand … and it was clearly the song of an Alder Flycatcher!
It was a glorious day of banding with 34 species handled, and the crew operating like the well-trained banders, scribes, and net-pickers they are! We were particularly happy to have John Waud back with us helping with all the rounds at the nets. And it was also wonderful to have Doris Waud back with one of her wonderful coffee cakes!
Quinn Deutschlander helped carry bird bags on some of the net runs. Altogether, perhaps the best day of the spring 2016 season!
Betsy Brooks, BIC
AT LAST! A 200+ BIRD DAY!
May 25, 2016
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SUNY ESF VISITORS ENJOY 4 NEW SPECIES
May 24, 2016
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Black-billed Cuckoo Photo by Ryan Kayhart
Tuesday May 24, 2015. 102 new bands of 28 species; 14 retraps. New species Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Philadelphia Vireo.
We had a big crowd of interested students from SUNY ESF who enjoyed seeing 13 warbler species including 16 Magnolia Warblers and 11 Yellow Warblers.
A Nice Variety of Spring Warblers Today!
May 24, 2016
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Monday May 23. 55 new of 26 species; 8 retraps. We had 12 warbler species but bird of the day was American Goldfinch with 7 banded.
Cedar Waxwings Are Back!
May 24, 2016
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Cedar Waxwing Photo by Ryan Kayhart
Sunday May 22, 2016. 95 new bands of 26 species; 34 retraps. New species Cedar Waxwing. Bird of the day was American Redstart with 16 banded.
30 Redstarts & 26 Common Yellowthroats
May 24, 2016
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Saturday May 21. 174 new bands of 32 species; 15 retraps. New species Red-eyed Vireo, Marsh Wren, and Blackpoll Warbler.
ASY – Male Blackpoll Warbler Photo by Ryan Kayhart
Bird of the day was American Redstart with 30 banded. We banded 15 species of warblers today!
Fourteen Warbler Species Today!
May 24, 2016
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Friday May 20, 2016. 64 new bands of 26 species; 15 retraps. New species Northern Parula.
Catbirds and Goldfinches Today!
May 19, 2016
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Thursday May 19, 2016. 61 new bands of 19 species;19 retraps.
Bird of the day was Gray Catbird with 14 banded, followed by American Goldfinch with 10 banded.