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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