Yesterday, Gwyn–after a long trip from Oregon–joined us as a volunteer. She arrived with a lucky day. On census, Kyle saw the first Black-headed Grosbeak at TLBO. It would be interesting to know from where it came. This species migrates from North America to Mexico to spend the winter there. The first Stellar’s Jay appeared this season. Beautiful bird. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend that you google it.
Black-headed Grosbeak from today. Photo by Kyle.
Today was a busy day. Many birds were close to the nets. We banded 47 birds! A record for this season. 20 Common Yellowthroats were banded. Species for which we had few banded were present today, such as a Orange-crowned Warbler, Willow Flycatcher and Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Our visitors from yesterday came back to join us. Today, they had more luck than yesterday, and everyone had the chance to let a bird go after the bird was banded. It was a hard day, and they left very happy and tired, like us.
Gwyn and Anna with our visitors from yesterday. Photo by Kyle.
We have been recovering our energy for another exciting day at TLBO.
A view at TLBO. Photo by Kyle.
-Constanza
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| Total Banded | 320 |
| Species Banded | 30 |
| Total Recapped | 50 |
| Species Recapped | 12 |
| Species Recorded | 96 |
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| Species | Banded | Recapped |
| Common Yellowthroat | 52 | 16 |
| Swainson’s Thrush | 50 | 7 |
| Song Sparrow | 31 | 5 |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | 30 | 6 |
| American Redstart | 23 | 2 |
| Yellow Warbler | 21 | 2 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 19 | 1 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 16 | 0 |
| MacGillivray’s Warbler | 15 | 3 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 10 | 0 |
| Wilson’s Warbler | 9 | 0 |
| Dusky Flycatcher | 6 | 0 |
| Warbling Vireo | 6 | 0 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 5 | 5 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 4 | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 3 | 0 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 3 | 0 |
| Willow Flycatcher | 2 | 1 |
| Vesper Sparrow | 2 | 0 |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | 2 | 0 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 2 | 0 |
| Hammond’s Flycatcher | 1 | 0 |
| Lazuli Bunting | 1 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 0 |
| Townsend’s Warbler | 1 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 | 0 |
| Oregon Junco | 1 | 0 |
| Spotted Towhee | 1 | 0 |
| American Robin | 1 | 0 |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | 0 | 1 |
Tatlayoko Lake Bird Observatory 