At clear Spring Ranch this morning it was miserable wet, cold, windy, muddy, corn snow, and threatening, so, naturally, the birds were spectacular.
A very good day for me at CSR is 30 banded birds. I had 50 before 8:30. I was still catching a few birds when I finally closed at 12:30. Total 73 birds today.
Two Northern Waterthrush were caught early on, and small waves of several other species. The rush was over by 9:00, but small numbers continued to show up continuously. 7 species of warblers banded. Quite a morning!
Today:
Least Flycatcher (FOS)
3 Dusky Flycatcher
3 Warbling Vireo (FOS)
House Wren
10 Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
2 N Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
8 MacGillivray's Warbler
4 Com Yellowthroat
5 Yellow Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
5 Yellow-breasted Chat
Clay-colored Sparrow (FOS)
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow
8 Lincoln's Sparrow
2 Black-headed Grosbeak
7 Lazuli Bunting
Lesser Goldfinch (FOS)
4 American Goldfinch
and a few others I can't remember at the moment.
Whew!
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