Wednesday, April 19, 2006

April 19th, 2006

Ruthven

What an exceptional April day, weather wise. No frost, no wind, no clouds. And so it follows, not many birds either.

There are always a few surprises, though. Like the fox making a hasty retreat down the path towards the river just before dawn this morning. Like the European Starling that laid an egg in the net! (That is the first time I have had that happen!) Like a rather late American Tree Sparrow that I banded.

Birds banded this morning (22): 1 MODO, 1 WBNU, 1 RCKI, 2 EUST, 1 NOCA, 1 ATSP, 1 CHSP, 2 WTSP, 5 SCJU, and 7 AMGO.

Retrapped (13)
: 3 DOWO, 3 BCCH, 1 AMRO, 1 CHSP, 1 SOSP, 1 SCJU, and 3 AMGO.

One of the Goldfinches was a foreign retrap, that is, banded at another station (I think).

Loretta

Selkirk

A bit of variety but no numbers. Not much movement could be detected in the banding area.

Banded; MODO 1, BCCH 1, GCKI 1, RCKI 1, HETH 1, AMRO 1, FOSP 1, SOSP 2, SWSP 1, SCJU 4, RWBL 1, COGR 1, BHCO 1= 17

A BGGN was calling over the parking lot on the way out.

John

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