The last two weeks of banding this season netted us 648 new birds and 55 species. Below are some pictorial highlights:
The Three Rivers Birding Club from Pittsburgh admiring a Red-bellied Woodpecker. |
Releasing a Great-crested Flycatcher |
Banding Demonstration |
A visitor helping to release a banded bird. |
Banding a Yellow Warbler- our top species for this season |
A Second Year Male Red-winged Blackbird |
Banding a Wood Thrush. |
Bay-breasted Warbler, one of only two caught this season. |
Wilson's Warbler. One of our later migrants. We banded 18 this season. |
Measuring the wing length of a Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Ovenbird. We banded 13 this season. |
Black-throated Green Warbler. This species arrived later than usual this season. |
Tennessee Warbler. For a few days they were singing their little hearts out around the banding station. |
Our BIC amazed to still be capturing Magnolia Warblers on the very last day of banding. |
Canada Warbler. This season we netted 7, all males. |
Mourning Warbler, one of 11 we banded this year |
Northern Parula. |
Chestnut-sided Warbler. |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Our youngest volunteer, Addison, watching the banding process very intently. |
Philadelphia Vireo. This year we caught 4 and before that we had not banded any since 2013. |