Metro Beach banding report - September 18-27, 2014

The last half of September saw the weather dry out some, but so also did the migration. There were some warblers initially, but later in the month there was a shift to the later stage of migration with the arrival of some of the sparrows that will dominate banding during October.

Thanks to the following volunteers for making banding on these four days possible: Mary Buchowski, Terri Chapdelaine, Jacob Charlebois, Randy Kling, Dave Lancaster, Tom Schlack, and Blanche Wicke. 

Highlights of the 98 birds banded on Thursday, September 18 included 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and 3 Marsh Wrens. The only new species banded for the fall was a Gray-cheeked Thrush.

Hatch-year Gray-cheeked Thrush

The lack of a strong buffy eye ring and supraloral stripe, and grayish cheeks, of course distinguish this species. There is another character that I see on some of these Gray-cheeked Thrushes that might be useful in the field. Notice the white patch below the cheek on this individual. Not all Gray-cheeks appear to have it, but on Swainson's Thrushes it is not white, but buffy and not so contrasting. Check it out on the Swainson's Thrush below.

Hatch-year Swainson's Thrush

Warbler species banded included Tennessee, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Ovenbird, and Common Yellowthroat. Nearly half the birds banded today were American Goldfinches.

Interesting birds observed but not banded included flyover Northern Harrier and Cooper's Hawk, and a Solitary Sandpiper heard briefly out in the marsh that may also have been a flyover. Two adult Great Horned Owls were calling from two widely separated areas, and a young bird was giving a begging call from yet another area; all well before sunrise. An Eastern Wood-Pewee and a Northern Waterthrush were both calling most of the day, but avoided the nets.

Highlights of the 30 birds banded on Saturday, September 20 included 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, which is a good number for this date, although numbers banded so far are on pace to be perhaps the second or third lowest ever at this station.

Hatch-year male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

And on this rather slow day, again about half the birds banded were American Goldfinches, including the 200th of the season.

Hatch-year male American Goldfinch

Interesting birds observed but not banded included an immature Cooper's Hawk that hung around the banding area for too long in the morning, perhaps limiting our catch, a lingering Eastern Wood-Pewee, and a Wood Thrush that popped up right next to our cars. The first White-throated Sparrow of the fall was observed, but failed to find the nets.

Highlights of the 59 birds banded on Thursday, September 25 included the first arrivals of some of the later migrants, like the first Brown Creeper of the season.

Hatch-year Brown Creeper

Palm Warbler is a later migrant than some other warblers, and we had our first of the fall today.

Hatch-year Palm Warbler

And the first two, of many more to come, White-throated Sparrows found their way into our nets today.

Hatch-year White-throated Sparrow

An interesting recapture was a Swamp Sparrow that was originally banded in 2010. Conventional wisdom is that only juveniles have streaks, which sometimes are retained into their first spring. Clearly, this 4 year old bird is retaining some faint streaks.

5th year Swamp Sparrow

Interesting birds observed but not banded included a Sora calling out near the Field Nets, single Eastern Screech and Great Horned Owls, more than 100 Blue Jays flying south over the banding area, and two more arrivals that indicate we're in the second half of migration; single Winter Wren and Golden-crowned Kinglet. A Rose-breasted Grosbeak was heard near the cars.

Highlights of the 67 birds banded on Saturday, September 27 included the first Blue Jay of the season, which is always nice to see, and especially to share with visitors despite how common they are.

Hatch-year Blue Jay

An unusual capture, for us, was a Tufted Titmouse. This was the 5th one this fall, which is a record number for the station. They are not terribly common in the park, with limited habitat, and don't often find their way back to the swamp woods where the station is located.

Hatch-year Tufted Titmouse

A Marsh Wren captured today was the 19th of the season, which is the most since 2004 (Ellie Cox had three fall seasons with more than 20 each. This was a very fresh hatch-year, with "dandruff" in the form of white specks of feather sheaths visible on its crown and back. The plumage they have just after leaving the nest is duller, with much less prominent black back feathers with white centers.

Hatch-year Marsh Wren

Usually, the first Hermit Thrushes of the fall are seen before they are captured, but today the opposite was true, as the only one seen was hanging in the nets.

Hatch-year Hermit Thrush

Right on schedule, the first two White-crowned Sparrows of the fall were captured today, also just seen in the nets, not around the banding area.

Hatch-year White-crowned Sparrow

Probably the most nondescript bird of the day was the most unusual, a female Indigo Bunting. The average number of Indigo Buntings banded at this station is less than 1 per season.

After hatch-year female Indigo Bunting

Interesting birds observed, but not banded, included a flyover Northern Harrier, a single Ruby-crowned Kinglet near the cars, a calling Wood Thrush, a somewhat late Northern Waterthrush, and a flyover Pine Siskin in the early morning.

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Banding Data
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THURSDAY, September 18, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:15
Time Open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 13:00
Hours Open: 7.25
No. of Nets: 4.0-14.0
Net Hours: 92.00
Temperature (F): 52-61
Cloud Cover: 0-100-70%
Wind: NW-NE @ 3-5-10 mph
Barometer:  29.40-29.52
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 98 (plus 31 recaptured, 2 released unbanded)
No. of Species: 19
Capture Rate: 141.3 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 10.0 hours, 5:00-15:00): Dave Lancaster, Tom Schlack (5.5 hrs), Blanche Wicke.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
[Downy Woodpecker - 2 recaptured]
[Black-capped Chickadee - 2 recaptured]
Marsh Wren - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 2
[Gray Catbird - 1 recaptured]
Tennessee Warbler - 2
Nashville Warbler - 3
Magnolia Warbler - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 12 (plus 4 recaptured)
Song Sparrow - 8 (plus 10 recaptured)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1 (plus 2 recaptured)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
American Goldfinch - 48 (plus 7 recaptured, 2 released unbanded)

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SATURDAY, September 20, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:17
Time Open (E.S.T.): 6:00
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 11:45 (wind forced early close)
Hours Open: 5.75
No. of Nets: 4.0-10.0 (shortage of volunteers = fewer nets open)
Net Hours: 54.00
Temperature (F): 56-73
Cloud Cover: 70-40%
Wind: SW-S @ 3-5-15 mph
Barometer: 29.36-29.25
Precipitation:  None.
No. Banded: 30 (plus 14 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
No. of Species: 9
Capture Rate: 83.3 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 8.5 hours, 5:00-13:30): Mary Buchowski (3.0 hrs), Jacob Charlebois, Tom Schlack (2.5 hrs). 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5 (plus 1 recaptured)
Black-capped Chickadee - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 1
Nashville Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 3 (plus 3 recaptured)
[Song Sparrow - 3 recaptured]
Swamp Sparrow - 1 (plus 2 recaptured)
American Goldfinch - 16 (plus 5 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)

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THURSDAY, September 25, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:23
Time Open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 13:00
Hours Open: 7.25
No. of Nets: 4.0-14.0
Net Hours: 92.00
Temperature (F): 59-73
Cloud Cover: 20-30%
Wind: S-SE @ 3-5-7 mph
Barometer: 29.71-29.70
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 59 (plus 10 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
No. of Species: 16
Capture Rate: 76.1 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 9.5 hours, 5:00-14:30): Randy Kling, Dave Lancaster, Blanche Wicke.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 7
Tufted Titnouse - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 1
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Nashville Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1 (plus 2 recaptured)
Song Sparrow - 3 (plus 2 recaptured)
Swamp Sparrow - 6 (plus 2 recaptured)
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 27 (plus 4 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)

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SATURDAY, September 27, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:25
Time Open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 13:15
Hours Open: 7.50
No. of Nets: 5.0-14.0
Net Hours: 94.00
Temperature (F): 54-75
Cloud Cover: 20-0%
Wind: Calm-SE @ 0-3-5 mph
Barometer: 29.66-29.65
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 67 (plus 15 recaptured)
No. of Species: 17
Capture Rate: 87.2 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 9.5 hours, 5:00-14:30): Mary Buchowski, Terri Chapdelaine, Blanche Wicke. 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 2
[Black-capped Chickadee - 1 recaptured]
Tufted Titmouse - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Marsh Wren - 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Song Sparrow - 12 (plus 4 recaptured)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 6 (plus 4 recaptured)
White-throated Sparrow - 12
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
American Goldfinch - 18 (plus 3 recaptured)

Metro Beach banding report - September 4-13, 2014

The rain continues! Although we managed to squeeze four days of banding in during the first half of September, rain was either just finishing before we arrived at the park, started after we took the station down, or both! On one day, we were delayed setting up by two hours. But with all this inconvenience, the birds came in, including lots of warblers. Of the 345 birds banded on these four days, 108 were warblers.

Thank you to the following volunteers for making banding possible on these days. Jean Gramlich, Caden Gramlich, Dave Lancaster, Steve Mangas, Tom Schlack, Sarah Toner, Blanche Wicke, and Sue Wright.

Highlights of the 56 birds banded on Thursday, September 4 included the first Swainson's Thrushes of the fall. Many years, they arrive before mid-August, but not this year.

Hatch-year Swainson's Thrush

A few warblers were banded, including the first Magnolia Warbler of the fall. Normally this fairly common migrant is first captured in late August here, so another late initiation of migration perhaps.

Hatch-year Magnolia Warbler

And the first female Black-throated Blue Warbler of the fall was captured. This individual had a very inconspicuous white patch at the base of the primaries, which is not a rare situation with hatch-year females of this species.

Hatch-year female Black-throated Blue Warbler

So it always pays to have a backup field mark. On female Black-throated Blues, the dark gray cheek with short white line over the eye, and white arc under the eye are all distinctive.

Hatch-year female Black-throated Blue Warbler

Another Red-winged Blackbird was captured today, expanding my personal experience with the molt of this species. It appears to me that this is a hatch-year male, but I am willing to be persuaded that it might be a second-year.

Hatch-year male Red-winged Blackbird

Hatch-year male Red-winged Blackbird

Interesting birds observed but not banded included two flyover Green-winged Teal, a couple of Virginia Rails out near the Field Nets, and a Belted Kingfisher with a Ruby-throated Hummingbird chasing it just a foot behind! Other aerial maneuvers were observed today too, provided by the U.S. Navy's aerobatic team, the Blue Angels. They were practicing their routines for the air show coming up on Saturday, distracting us a little from the birds, and giving great photo opportunities.

The Blue Angels

The Blue Angels

The Blue Angels going straight up

The Blue Angels going straight down

The Blue Angels flying upside down

The Blue Angels beginning their starburst maneuver

The Blue Angels starburst maneuver

Highlights of the 98 birds banded on Saturday, September 6 included two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds; very appropriate since today was the Nature Center's "hummingbirds and monarchs" program. Unfortunately, both were captured, banded, and released before 8 a.m., and the program wasn't scheduled to start until 10 a.m. In past years, I've taken advantage of the surroundings to show the intimate relationship during fall migration between hummingbirds and Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), which is abundant in the banding area.

Hatch-year male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
feeding on Jewelweed

The first Yellow-bellied Flycatcher of the fall was banded today. While all Empidonax flycatchers inf all can have yellow bellies, the Yellow-bellied is the only one with yellow on the throat. They also tend to be greenish-olive all over, with a distinct narrow eye ring that is often pale yellowish.

Hatch-year Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Hatch-year Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

The first Red-eyed Vireo of the fall was unusual in that it was an adult, with a bright red eye.

After hatch-year Red-eyed Vireo

An adult Marsh Wren in fine plumage was the 13th of the fall, a very good number for so early in the season. The blaak-and-white streaking on the back is much more prominent in adults.

After hatch-year Marsh Wren

But it was the warblers that stole the show today, with most species representing firsts for the fall, including Nashville, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, and Black-and-white.

After hatch-year female Tennessee Warbler

Hatch-year female Nashville Warbler

Hatch-year male Chestnut-sided Warbler
(note single chestnut feather on breast)

Hatch-year Blackpoll Warbler
(note the bright white undertail coverts, and
yellow feet)

Hatch-year male Black-and-white Warbler

Hatch-year male Black-and-white Warbler

Some of the more special (i.e., less frequently captured) warblers included a very nice hatch-year male Blackburnian Warbler, not one but three Mourning Warblers, and a single Canada Warbler.

Hatch-year male Blackburnian Warbler

Hatch-year male Blackburnian Warbler

Hatch-year Mourning Warbler

Hatch-year male Canada Warbler

Interesting birds observed but not banded included a flyover Semipalmated Plover, continuing Virginia Rails near the Field Nets, a Black-throated Green Warbler, and flyover Indigo Bunting and Bobolink.

Highlights of the 97 birds banded on Thursday, September 11 included 9 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds; the most on a single day so far this fall (but far from a record), and 4 Eastern Wood-Pewees, which might be a record. But once again it was the warblers that were the highlight, but among the 15 individuals of 7 species, only the Bay-breasted Warbler was a first for the fall. Nearly half of the birds banded today were American Goldfinches!

Hatch-year Bay-breasted Warbler

Note the general buffy tones on the underparts, including on the undertail coverts (compare with the Blackpoll Warbler above). On hatch-year Blackpoll Warblers, usually only the soles of the feet are yellow, making leg color very difficult to deterimine (and other warblers have yellow feet too!).

Hatch-year Bay-breasted Warbler

Interesting birds observed, but not banded, included a Cooper's Hawk that bounced out of the Field Nets, a Common Nighthawk very early when setting up nets, both Yellow-bellied and Least Flycatchers, a Philadelphia Vireo, a somewhat late Yellow Warbler, and an Ovenbird.

On Saturday, September 13, it was raining when we arrived at the park at 6 a.m., so we waited it out while looking out at rainy Lake St. Clair and Huron Point in the distance. By 8 a.m. the rain had stopped and we were able to band for the rest of the day.

Huron Point, viewed from ~0.4 miles SE of the banding station

Highlights of the 94 birds banded included another Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and three Least Flycatchers. The Red-eyed Vireo captured today was the expected age, hatch-year, with brown eyes.

Hatch-year Red-eyed Vireo

Among the 5 Tennessee Warblers banded was an interesting individual that I am certain would be misidentified in the field by many as an Orange-crowned Warbler, a species that is extremely rare (almost nonexistent actually) in most of Michigan before September 15. This individual did not have as prominent a pale supercilium that most Tennessee's show, and there was a faint suggestion of streaking on the breast probably caused by feather shadows. But this bird did not show the prime field mark for Orange-crowned, the bright yellow undertail coverts (some Tennessee's can have buffy there!). If you look closely, the undertail coverts are clean, bright white, which is shown by Tennessee and not by Orange-crowned. And there are other differences...

After hatch-year Tennessee Warbler

The prize of the day, as we don't catch very many (some years none), was the Northern Parula.

Hatch-year female Northern Parula

Hatch-year female Northern Parula

Hatch-year female Northern Parula

Bay-breasted Warblers are Spruce Budworm specialists (along with others, like Cape May Warbler). In the past, numbers of these warblers showed "boom and bust" cycles, with lots of them in some years. In recent decades, spraying to control this native predator on conifers has flattened out this cycle, so that we have had only low numbers for quite some time. So it was nice to get FIVE of them on one net run, including two young males, one showing chestnut on the crown, and the other showing chestnut on the flanks. Note that neither bird shows a pale neck patch described in some field guides...perhaps that is a character more often seen in adults.

Hatch-year male Bay-breasted Warbler

Hatch-year male Bay-breasted Warbler

It is always nice to catch an after second-year American Redstart, as kind of an early reminder of Halloween!

After second-year male American Redstart

Hatch-year Magnolia Warblers cannot reliably be sexed in-hand (despite what some field guides say!). But the adults are less problematic. The adult (after hatch-year) below can be told by its large square tail spots, all-black upper tail coverts, black centers to the green back feathers, and bold flank streaking. These characters should translate to hatch-year birds in some way, but there is a bewildering number of combinations of these characters on hatch-year birds.

After hatch-year male Magnolia Warbler

Probably my favorite Michigan sparrow is the Lincoln's, and today we had our first of the fall. It is a subtly beautiful bird, with tons of field marks!

After hatch-year Lincoln's Sparrow

Interesting birds observed but not banded included a Least Bittern (along the boardwalk, a little ways away from the banding area), a continuing Virginia Rail, a briefly calling Great Crested Flycatcher, a Cliff Swallow in the morning swallow flock, a Black-throated Green Warbler, and two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.

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Banding Data
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THURSDAY, September 4, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:01
Time Open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 12:15
Hours Open: 6.50
No. of Nets: 4.0-14.0
Net Hours: 82.25
Temperature (F): 68-82
Cloud Cover: 10-60%
Wind: S @ 3-5-12 mph
Barometer: 30.07-30.06
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 56 (plus 13 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
No. of Species: 14
Capture Rate: 85.1 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 9.0 hours, 5:00-14:00): Dave Lancaster, Blanche Wicke, Sue Wright.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Warbling Vireo - 1
Marsh Wren - 5
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 8 (plus 4 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
Song Sparrow - 5 (plus 1 recaptured)
Swamp Sparrow - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
House Finch - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
American Goldfinch - 22 (plus 6 recaptured)

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SATURDAY, September 6, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:03
Time Open (E.S.T.): 6:00
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 13:15
Hours Open: 7.25
No. of Nets: 4.0-14.0
Net Hours: 92.00
Temperature (F): 62-68
Cloud Cover: 100-70%
Wind: SW-NW @ 1-3-10 mph
Barometer: 30.02-30.13
Precipitation: Trace in a.m.
No. Banded: 98 (plus 20 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
No. of Species: 29
Capture Rate: 129.3 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 11.0 hours, 5:00-16:00): Steve Mangas, Tom Schlack (5.5 hrs), Sarah Toner, Blanche Wicke.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1
Alder Flycatcher - 1
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 3
Marsh Wren - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 5
Gray Catbird - 1
Tennessee Warbler - 4
Nashville Warbler - 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
[Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 recaptured]
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 11 (plus 1 released unbanded)
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Mourning Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 5 (plus 1 recaptured)
Canada Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 9 (plus 7 recaptured)
Swamp Sparrow - 3 (plus 3 recaptured)
Northern Cardinal - 1
American Goldfinch - 32 (plus 7 recaptured)

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THURSDAY, September 11, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:08
Time Open (E.S.T.): 6:15
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 13:15
Hours Open: 7.00
No. of Nets: 4.0-14.0
Net Hours: 91.00
Temperature (F): 57-59
Cloud Cover: 100%
Wind: WNW-N @ 10-12-7 mph
Barometer: 29.85-30.13
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 97 (plus 27 recaptured, 3 released unbanded)
No. of Species: 16
Capture Rate: 140.7 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 10.0 hours, 5:00-15:00): Dave Lancaster, Steve Mangas, Blanche Wicke,

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 9
Northern Flicker - 2 (plus 2 recaptured)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
Black-capped Chickadee - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Nashville Warbler - 3
Magnolia Warbler - 2
[Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 recaptured]
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 6 (plus 4 recaptured)
Song Sparrow - 15 (plus 2 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
Swamp Sparrow - 3 (plus 4 recaptured)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 43 (plus 13 recaptured, 2 released unbanded)

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SATURDAY, September 13, 2014
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 6:10
Time Open (E.S.T.): 7:15
Time Closed (E.S.T.): 14:00
Hours Open: 6.75
No. of Nets: 4.0-13.0
Net Hours: 85.00
Temperature (F): 52-58
Cloud Cover: 100-70-100%
Wind: N @ 3-5-15 mph
Barometer: 30.13-29.64
Precipitation: Rain delayed opening
No. Banded: 94 (plus 26 recaptured, 4 released unbanded)
No. of Species: 27
Capture Rate: 145.9 birds per 100 net hours
Volunteers (worked 11.0 hours, 5:00-16:00): Jean Gramlich (8.5 hrs), Caden Gramlich (8.5 hrs), Steve Mangas, Blanche Wicke.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 (plus 1 recaptured)
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1
Least Flycatcher - 3
Warbling Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
[Black-capped Chickadee - 2 recaptured]
Tufted Titmouse - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
[White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 recaptured]
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Gray Catbird - 1
Tennesee Warbler - 5
Nashville Warbler - 11 (plus 1 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
Northern Parula - 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 12 (plus 2 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Bay-breasted Warbler - 5
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 5
Common Yellowthroat - 5 (plus 2 recaptured)
Wilson's Warbler - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
Song Sparrow - 4 (plus 3 recaptured)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
[Swamp Sparrow - 2 recaptured]
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 21 (plus 10 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)