It was yet another slow day for monitoring. Unlike yesterday, we did not get to see any new banded species nor observations. One highlight for me was witnessing Constanza extract a Black-capped Chickadee by herself for the first time. Those who have extracted Black-capped Chickadees before know that this species is notoriously hard to extract. Their grip on the net is quite deadly, and their beak can work almost like a woodpecker’s on wood, making extractors likely to swear from pained fingers. It doesn’t help that this individual is the fiercest she has seen. Good job, Constanza! She looked proud, and I was happy for her.
There is this sacred goldenrod patch at the station on which many of the bees forage or doze off, and I occasionally visit it to find and take pictures of bees. I recently ID’ed two, both of which we seldom find in Ontario, I think. I hope the ID’s are right!
Until later.
Anna.
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Total Banded | 473 |
Species Banded | 37 |
Total Recapped | 81 |
Species Recapped | 12 |
Species Recorded | 110 |
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Species | Banded | Recapped |
Common Yellowthroat | 80 | 27 |
Swainson’s Thrush | 66 | 9 |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | 57 | 10 |
Song Sparrow | 49 | 17 |
Yellow Warbler | 27 | 2 |
American Redstart | 25 | 2 |
Warbling Vireo | 22 | 0 |
Northern Waterthrush | 20 | 1 |
Savannah Sparrow | 19 | 0 |
MacGillivray’s Warbler | 18 | 3 |
Wilson’s Warbler | 12 | 0 |
Chipping Sparrow | 10 | 0 |
Orange-crowned Warbler | 8 | 0 |
Cedar Waxwing | 7 | 5 |
Dusky Flycatcher | 7 | 0 |
Black-capped Chickadee | 6 | 3 |
Vesper Sparrow | 5 | 0 |
Townsend’s Warbler | 5 | 0 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4 | 0 |
Oregon Junco | 4 | 0 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 3 | 0 |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | 3 | 0 |
Willow Flycatcher | 2 | 1 |
Hammond’s Flycatcher | 1 | 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 |
Red-naped Sapsucker | 0 | 1 |
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