Yesterday we did not post a blog post because we dropped off one of our volunteers in William’s Lake and did not arrive back to Tatlayoko until late that night so I will recap the past two days with this post.
First I would like to thank Constanza for volunteering her time here at TLBO for three weeks. She is a very hard worker and was a great asset to the team here. She will be doing some sightseeing in Whistler for a week before volunteering more of her time at a raptor banding station in Mexico. From the team here, thank you for all the help. We wish you good luck and hope you have lots of fun with all your upcoming adventures!
Yesterday was a slightly busier day than previously with 29 birds of 12 species banded. We had a very exciting banding record of an Indigo Bunting! These birds are very rare in the west and is the second record at TLBO (the first was in 2010).
Today was another relatively busy day for this year with 34 birds of 10 species banded. The 10 species banded today were the usual suspects with the most abundant being Song Sparrows (10 Individuals). Today was unique because I was lucky enough to hear lots of juvenile birds “practicing” their song. This can be quite comical because they are often out of tune and sound much different than they do as adults.
Happy birding!
-Kyle
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Total Banded | 536 |
Species Banded | 38 |
Total Recapped | 86 |
Species Recapped | 12 |
Species Recorded | 114 |
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Species | Banded | Recapped |
Common Yellowthroat | 85 | 30 |
Swainson’s Thrush | 74 | 9 |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | 73 | 12 |
Song Sparrow | 59 | 17 |
Yellow Warbler | 30 | 2 |
American Redstart | 25 | 2 |
Warbling Vireo | 23 | 0 |
Northern Waterthrush | 21 | 1 |
Savannah Sparrow | 21 | 0 |
Wilson’s Warbler | 21 | 0 |
MacGillivray’s Warbler | 18 | 3 |
Orange-crowned Warbler | 11 | 0 |
Chipping Sparrow | 10 | 0 |
Cedar Waxwing | 7 | 5 |
Black-capped Chickadee | 7 | 3 |
Dusky Flycatcher | 7 | 0 |
Vesper Sparrow | 5 | 0 |
Townsend’s Warbler | 5 | 0 |
Oregon Junco | 5 | 0 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4 | 0 |
Willow Flycatcher | 3 | 1 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 3 | 0 |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | 3 | 0 |
Hammond’s Flycatcher | 2 | 0 |
Lazuli Bunting | 1 | 0 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 0 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 1 | 0 |
Spotted Towhee | 1 | 0 |
American Robin | 1 | 0 |
Marsh Wren | 1 | 0 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1 | 0 |
Pacific Wren | 1 | 0 |
Western Tanager | 1 | 0 |
Least Flycatcher | 1 | 0 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 1 | 0 |
Brown Creeper | 1 | 0 |
Indigo Bunting | 1 | 0 |
Red-naped Sapsucker | 0 | 1 |