Lake St. Clair Metropark - First Month of Fall Banding

After a busy summer of banding hummingbirds, fall songbird banding at Lake St. Clair Metropark, Macomb County, Michigan, was started on August 6. Continued interruptions to my schedule made it difficult to post a mid-month summary of banding results and highlights, so this entry will cover all six days of banding effort during August. The intended protocol is to band two days each week, so we did not meet the 8 day target. Banding was conducted on August 6, 13, 18, 25, 26, and 27. Full details of each day's results is posted at the end of this entry.

Banding is started in early August at this station to try to document some of the productivity of the nesting birds in the banding area, as well as to detect the earliest arriving migrants, some of which begin migrating in late July. One of the target early migrants is also a breeding species, the Yellow Warbler. Numbers captured can vary significantly from year-to-year depending on how early they vacate the breeding areas. This month, a fair number of them were captured, mostly hatch-year individuals, but also a few adult birds including recaptures that were banded this spring.

Hatch-year Yellow Warbler

Some of them are bright yellow, and may be males, but if they lack chestnut streaks, they are better left un-sexed. Other individuals are much duller.

Hatch-year Yellow Warbler

Juvenile Yellow Warblers are extensively white on their underparts, and they molt out of this plumage very soon after fledging, so it is unusual to capture individuals like the one in the photo below as late as August.

Hatch-year (juvenile) Yellow Warbler

Another early migrant is the Baltimore Oriole, which has usually left the area by early September. This month, only a couple were captured, including this heavily molting adult female.

After hatch-year female Baltimore Oriole

Additional locally breeding species documented by the capture of juveniles this month included Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Marsh Wren, American Robin, Common Yellowthroat, European Starling, and Red-winged Blackbird.

Hatch-year (juvenile) female Downy Woodpecker

Hatch-year Eastern Kingbird

Hatch-year Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Hatch-year (juvenile) Common Yellowthroat

Hatch-year (juvenile) Marsh Wren

Hatch-year (juv. molting into first basic plumage) female European Starling

Hatch-year (juvenile) male Red-winged Blackbird

It was an excellent month for hummingbirds, with the first day on August 6 turning up an unexpectedly high total of 11, and the total for the month reached 48, most of them hatch-year birds as is typical of this site in fall.

Hatch-year male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Hatch-year female Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Some adults of locally nesting species captured, many showing still showing physiological signs of breeding, included Great Crested Flycatchers, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Indigo Bunting, and American Goldfinches.

After hatch-year (female?) Great Crested Flycatcher

After hatch-year female Red-eyed Vireo

After hatch-year female Cedar Waxwing

After second-year male Indigo Bunting

More unusual were adult females of two species, with brood patches, that don't nest in the park. One was a Least Flycatcher, which has in the past summered in the park, but rarely, and there has never been evidence of them breeding. The other was a Veery, which has probably not been documented in the park during summer, and which breeds in a somewhat different habitat, and requires more acreage than the woodlands in this park offers. She was captured on August 6 showing a brood patch, and captured again on August 25 with the brood patch mostly gone (MAPS code 4), and was heavily molting both contour and flight feathers at that time. Were these two individuals molt migrants? Breeding areas for both of these species can be found within 50 miles to the northwest and north, so they did not need to migrate very far to get here.

After hatch-year female Least Flycatcher

After hatch-year female Veery

Several typical mid-August migrants, including those shown below, were also captured, with only the waterthrush, redstart, and Canada Warbler being captured in the first half of the month, and all the others making their first appearance during the August 25-27 banding sessions, as is typical for most fall seasons.

Hatch-year Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Hatch-year Swainson's Thrush

Hatch-year Ovenbird

Hatch-year Northern Waterthrush

Hatch-year female Nashville Warbler

Hatch-year male American Redstart

Hatch-year Magnolia Warbler

Hatch-year Bay-breasted Warbler

Hatch-year Mourning Warbler

Hatch-year male Wilson's Warbler

Hatch-year male Canada Warbler

The weekend of August 19-20 was the 100th anniversary of the nearby Selfridge Air National Guard Station, and during our banding on the 18th, we got to see a little bit of the practice for the airshow by the Thunderbirds as they flew very low, and very fast, over the park.

Banding would not have been possible on these 6 days without the generous assistance of the following volunteers: Anna Boegehold, Serena Boegehold, Mike Charlebois, Guadeloupe Cummins, Owen Faust, Stevie Kuroda, Jac Kyle, Dave Lancaster, Steve Mangas, Bruce Watson, Christian Zammit, and Julian Zammit. Thank you!

In a few days, I will post my observations of an astronomical event that occurred on August 21.

Detailed Bird Banding Results

August 6, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 6:00
Time closed (E.S.T.): 12:45
Hours Open: 6.75
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 5:30
Net Hours: 113.75
Temperature (F): 61-77
Cloud Cover: 100-90-100%
Wind Direction: Calm-SW
Wind Speed (mph): 0-5
Barometer: 30.12 - 30.13
Precipitation:  None
No. Banded: 78 (plus 16 recaptured, 3 released unbanded)
Species Captured: 23
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 85.3
Banding Assistants (9.5 hours worked): Guadeloupe Cummins, Mike Charlebois, Jac Kyle, Stevie Kuroda, Bruce Watson (8.0 hrs). . 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 11 (plus 2 released unbanded)
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Least Flycatcher - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 3
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Warbling Vireo - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Veery - 1
American Robin - 7 (plus 1 recaptured)
Gray Catbird - 5 (plus 1 recaptured)
Cedar Waxwing - 4
Yellow Warbler - 13 (plus 2 recaptured)
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Song Sparrow - 2 (plus 2 recaptured)
Northern Cardinal - 2 (plus 4 recaptured)
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
Baltimore Oriole - 2
American Goldfinch - 10 (plus 5 recaptured, 1 released unbanded).
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August 13, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time closed (E.S.T.): 12:30
Hours Open: 6.75
Sunrise (E.S.T.):  5:37
Net Hours: 113.75
Temperature (F): 61-79
Cloud Cover: 40-0-50%
Wind Direction: Calm-S
Wind Speed (mph): 0-3-10
Barometer: 30.11 - 30.14
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 79 (plus 13 recaptured, 2 released unbanded)
Species Captured: 14
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 82.6
Banding Assistants (9.5 hours worked): Anna G. Boegehold, Serena Boegehold (5.0 hrs), Mike Charlebois, Stevie Kuroda, Bruce Watson.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5 (plus 1 recaptured)
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 3
Warbling Vireo - 3
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Gray Catbird - 4 (plus 2 recaptured)
American Robin - 6
European Starling - 13
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Song Sparrow - 2 (plus 2 recaptured)
[Northern Cardinal - 3 recaptured]
Red-winged Blackbird - 35 (plus 3 recaptured, 2 released unbanded)
American Goldfinch - 3
House Sparrow - 1
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August 18, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 6:00
Time closed (E.S.T.): 10:30
Hours Open: 4.5 (wind, rain, & humidity forced early close)
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 5:42
Net Hours: 72.25
Temperature (F): 72-80
Cloud Cover: 10-100%
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Speed (mph): 7-10-15
Barometer: 29.78 - 29.76
Precipitation:  Trace rain
No. Banded: 33 (plus 9 recaptured)
Species Captured: 13
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 58.1
Banding Assistants (7.5 hours worked): Mike Charlebois, Guadeloupe Cummins, Jac Kyle, Steve Mangas (3.0 hrs). . 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 6
Willow Flycatcher - 1
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 3
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 1 (plus 4 recaptured)
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Yellow Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
[Common Yellowthroat - 1 recaptured]
Canada Warbler - 1
Northern Cardinal - 5
Common Grackle - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 8 (plus 4 recaptured)
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August 25, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 6:00
Time closed (E.S.T.): 13:30
Hours Open: 7.5
Sunrise (E.S.T.):  5:50
Net Hours: 124.75
Temperature (F): 51-73
Cloud Cover: 20-50%
Wind Direction: NNE
Wind Speed (mph): 1-3-10
Barometer: 30.28 - 30.32
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 60 (plus 6 recaptured)
Species Captured: 22
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 52.9
Banding Assistants (10.0 hours worked): Jac Kyle, Dave Lancaster, Mike Charlebois (6.0 hrs).

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 15
Downy Woodpecxker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 3
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 1
Least Flycatcher - 3
Warbling Vireo - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Marsh Wren - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 1
American Robin - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
Gray Catbird - 5 (plus 1 recaptured)
Magnolia Warbler - 3
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
Wilson's Warbler - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Baltimore Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 6
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August 26, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time closed (E.S.T.): 11:45
Hours Open: 6.00
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 5:51
Net Hours: 98.50
Temperature (F): 52-73
Cloud Cover: 20-40%
Wind Direction: NNW-NE
Wind Speed (mph): 1-3-7
Barometer: 30.34 - 30.36
Precipitation:  None
No. Banded: 28 (plus 5 recaptured)
Species Captured: 17
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 33.5
Banding Assistants (8.0 hours worked): Mike Charlebois, Guadeloupe Cummins, Owen Faust, Stevie Kuroda, Christian Zammit, Julian Zammit. 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
[Downy Woodpecker - 1 recaptured]
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 1
[Veery - 1 recaptured]
Swainson's Thrush - 2
American Robin - 2
[Gray Catbird - 1 recaptured]
American Redstart - 1
Ovenbird - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Wilson's Warbler - 4
Song Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
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August 27, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time closed (E.S.T.): 11:45
Hours Open: 6.00
Sunrise (E.S.T.):  5:52
Net Hours: 98.50
Temperature (F): 54-74
Cloud Cover: 50-100%
Wind Direction:  Calm-NE
Wind Speed (mph): 0-5
Barometer: 30.28 - 30.24
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 24 (plus 5 recaptured)
Species Captured: 12
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 29.4
Banding Assistants (8.5 hours worked): Stevie Kuroda, Bruce Watson.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 8
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 2
American Robin - 1
[Gray Catbird - 1 recaptured]
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Mourning Warbler - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
American Goldfinch - 4 (plus 2 recaptured)
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Lake St. Clair Metropark banding report - May 19-28, 2017

Rain continued to challenge us during the last half of May, but we did not cancel any banding days. It just kept the banding area and net lanes muddy with a few puddles. Banding was very productive and interesting, however, with a total of 353 birds banded on 5 days of banding (May 19, 20, 26, 27, and 28). We surpassed the record spring season from the Marsh site we worked in from 2004-2014, which was 997 birds. This spring's total banded is now over 1200 birds.

Highlights of the 108 birds of 34 species banded on Friday, May 19, included 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and several Willow/Alder Flycatchers. The first Gray-cheeked Thrushes of the spring were banded today, which seems a bit late for their first arrival.

Second-year Gray-cheeked Thrush

The eye ring on a Gray-cheeked is whiter, less buffy, than that of Swainson's and there is usually no pale line above the lores. The gray cheeks are often difficult to discern. In fact, Veery has more obvious gray cheeks than does the Gray-cheeked Thrush!

Second-year Gray-cheeked Thrush

It was definitely a warbler day, with 48 individuals of 13 species banded. Not a rare species, we don't catch very many Tennessee Warblers in the spring. Likely they forage high enough that the avoid our nets, like a few other species do, though we usually catch plenty of young ones in fall. Perhaps the chilly conditions in the morning brought them lower down today.

After hatch-year male Tennessee Warbler

It seemed a bit late in the spring to still be catching Palm Warblers, as they are earlier migrants, like Yellow-rumped Warbler (of which we banded 4 today!).

After hatch-year male Palm Warbler

Providing quite a contrast, later migrating warblers were also captured today, including another species that usually forages above net level, in spring (but not fall) Blackpoll Warbler. I have banded very few in spring, and never two in one day...

After hatch-year male Blackpoll Warbler

After hatch-year female Blackpoll Warbler

Another expected later migrant that we do catch every spring, though in small numbers because they are a declining species, is Canada Warbler. So catching 4 today was a great day for the species.

After hatch-year male Canada Warbler

One interesting aspect of this new Meadow banding site that was lacking at the older Marsh site, is the apparent annual presence of Orchard Orioles. Last year, and earlier this month, at least one and perhaps two were heard singing from a row of pines and a row of cottonwoods on the periphery of the banding area. Today, we caught one, a second-year male!

Second-year male Orchard Oriole

This is only the second Orchard Oriole banded in the park; the first was a hatch-year female in August 2005.

Second-year male Orchard Oriole

Interesting birds observed, but not banded today included a dozen Chimney Swifts flying around fairly low, a couple of Bank Swallows in the swallow flock following the park's lawn mowers, and a singing male Blackburnian Warbler. And finally, additional security was provided today by this Eastern Kingbird perching on one of the signs closing our net lanes to public entry.

Eastern Kingbird

Highlights of the 52 birds of 34 species banded on Saturday, May 20, included 3 more Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. A lot fewer warblers than yesterday nonetheless included some interesting highlights. It was hard to resist photographing another Canada Warbler, this male showing off its black "necklace" of spots nicely.

After second-year male Canada Warbler

After second-year male Canada Warbler

A real delight today was this brilliant male Blackburnian Warbler. 

After hatch-year male Blackburnian Warbler

Only a handful of these have been banded in the park in spring, and this is only the second or third male in spring. They seem to forage above net height in both spring and fall (only about a dozen banded in fall)

After hatch-year male Blackburnian Warbler

After hatch-year male Blackburnian Warbler

About a week ago, a male Yellow-breasted Chat was reported singing from the Meadow Loop area, so it was not entirely unexpected that we caught one today, although the species is generally rare in the state, and declining.

After second-year female Yellow-breasted Chat

What is most intriguing about this is that it appeared to be a female, based on the more restricted blackish on the face, and what appeared to be a brood patch (MAPS code 2). There have been no additional sightings, so it seems unlikely that there is a breeding pair in the area. This is only the fourth Yellow-breasted Chat I've banded in the park since 2004, and only the 10th since 1989.

After second-year female Yellow-breasted Chat

Today we banded the 50th Yellow Warbler of the spring - 68 were banded last spring. So this is typically the most numerous warbler species we band. Telling their age is done using subtle plumage characters including what is termed "molt limits" often in the primary coverts. The individual in the photo below was showing more contrast between the newer inner coverts and retained juvenile outer coverts than normal. This break (limit) is shown by the arrow with older feathers above and younger feathers below.

Second-year male Yellow Warbler

Interesting birds observed, but not banded included singing Tennessee Warblers, a somewhat late Yellow-rumped Warblers, and a singing Blackpoll Warbler.

Highlights of the 57 birds of 27 species banded on Friday, May 26 included another 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Two species of expected late migrants turned up today for the first of the spring. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and Mourning Warbler (2 males). It was also a good day for Willow/Alder Flycatchers.

After hatch-year Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Second-year male Mourning Warbler

The retained juvenile tail feathers (outermost) on this male Baltimore Oriole allows it to be aged as a second-year bird.

Second-year male Baltimore Oriole

Interesting birds observed, but not banded included a singing Red-eyed Vireo, a late-ish Veery, singing Tennessee, Blackpoll, and Canada Warblers, and a briefly seen Lincoln's Sparrow.

Highlights of the 54 birds of 28 species banded on Saturday, May 27, included two more Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and one of the male Eastern Kingbirds that have been flying around in the meadow for the past week or so.

After hatch-year male Eastern Kingbird

Both sexes have a red-orange crown patch that is most often hidden, so that cannot be used to determine their sex.

After hatch-year male Eastern Kingbird

The length of the notching in the outermost two primaries is more than 8 millimeters in male Eastern Kingbirds, and less in females. This is more pronounced in some other species of kingbird.

After hatch-year male Eastern Kingbird

A late migrant that is banded here in very low numbers, especially in spring, is the Philadelphia Vireo.

After hatch-year Philadelphia Vireo

Four Cedar Waxwings found their way into the nets today; some years we don't catch any. One of them was a bit unusual in that it had yellow dots on the tips of four of its primaries (one dot was duller yellow than the others). It made me wonder if it might have some Bohemian Waxwing genes.

After hatch-year male Cedar Waxwing with yellow dots on primaries

The first Chestnut-sided Warbler of the season was banded today, which was much later than they typically arrive in this area, so earlier arrivals clearly avoided our nets.

Second-year male Chestnut-sided Warbler

Two more Mourning Warblers were banded today, this time both females.

Second-year female Mourning Warbler

Second-year female Mourning Warbler

And a surprise was the second Orchard Oriole of the week, but only the third ever in the park. Another second-year male, this one seemed unusual with chestnut on the throat, since adults have completely black heads.

Second-year male Orchard Oriole

Interesting birds observed, but not banded, included singing Eastern Wood-Pewee and Great Crested Flycatcher, singing Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers, and a flyover Scarlet Tanager.

Highlights of the 82 birds of 29 species banded on Sunday, May 28, included one Ruby-throated Hummingbird. This brought the season total to 16. The most ever banded in spring back at the Marsh site was 12 (but the average in fall was about 65). It was another good day for flycatchers, with two Yellow-bellied and eight Willow/Alders. Another Eastern Kingbird was captured. This photo shows the structure of the tongue (click on it to enlarge), with backward-facing barbs on the rear of the tongue that help push insects (and fruit when on its Amazonian wintering grounds) down its throat.

After hatch-year male Eastern Kingbird

The first Red-eyed Vireo captured this spring seemed a bit tardy, especially as they've been singing in the area for at least a week.

After hatch-year Red-eyed Vireo

Only 8 species of warbler were banded today, but amazingly for such a late date, 22 of the 45 individuals were Magnolia Warblers - most of them females. Eight Wilson's Warblers was also a good number.

Interesting birds observed, but not banded, included an odd family of Mute Swans with the pair of adults guarding 7 cygnets, and 2 goslings obviously kidnapped from a local Canada Goose pair. A singing Least Flycatcher was probably a late migrant, and singing Blackburian and Bay-breasted Warblers were heard today.

Banding on these 5 days could not have been done without the following dedicated volunteers: Jenifer Benke, John Bieganowski, Terri Chapdelaine, Carol Goodman, Jean Gramlich, Stevie Kuroda, Dave Lancaster, Harry Lau, Rose Lau, Matthew Porter, Bruce Watson, Blanche Wicke, Christian Zammit, and Julian Zammit.

Detailed Bird Banding Results

May 19, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 6:00
Time closed (E.S.T.): 12:30
Hours Open: 6.5
Sunrise (E.S.T.): 5:06
Net Hours: 110.5
Temperature (F): 50-55
Cloud Cover: 100%
Wind Direction: N
Wind Speed (mph): 7-10-12
Barometer: 30.14 - 30.25
Precipitation:  None
No. Banded: 108 (plus 30 recaptured, 4 released unbanded)
Species Captured: 34
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 128.5
Banding Assistants (9.0 hours worked): John Bieganowski, Jean Gramlich, Dave Lancaster, Blanche Wicke, Christian Zammit (5.5 hrs), Julian Zammit (5.5 hrs). 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 3
Least Flycatcher - 1
Warbling Vireo - 4
[Black-capped Chickadee - 1 recaptured]
[White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 recaptured]
[House Wren - 2 recaptured]
Veery - 5
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 4
Swainson's Thrush - 6
American Robin - 1
Gray Catbird - 6 (plus 1 recaptured)
European Starling - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 5 (plus 6 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
Magnolia Warbler - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Palm Warbler - 1 (plus 1 released unbanded)
Blackpoll Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 5
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 12 (plus 1 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
Wilson's Warbler - 5
Canada Warbler - 4
[Song Sparrow - 5 recaptured, 1 released unbanded]
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 14 (plus 6 recaptured)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 4 (plus 4 recaptured)
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May 20, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 5:30
Time closed (E.S.T.): 13:00
Hours Open: 7.5
Sunrise (E.S.T.):  5:05
Net Hours: 128.0
Temperature (F): 50-62
Cloud Cover: 60-90%
Wind Direction: NE-SE
Wind Speed (mph): 7-10-12
Barometer: 30.28 - 30.28
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 52 (plus 44 recaptured, 2 released unbanded)
Species Captured:  34
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 76.6
Banding Assistants (9.0 hours worked): Stevie Kuroda, Harry Lau, Rose Lau, Matthew Porter, Bruce Watson (4.5 hrs). Other visitors included Carol Goodman and Dick Filby.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (plus 1 released unbanded)
Downy Woodpecker - 1 (plus 2 recaptured)
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 2
Warbling Vireo - 1 (plus 3 recaptured)
Blue Jay - 1
[White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 recaptured]
House Wren - 1
[Veery - 2 recaptured]
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 3 (plus 2 recaptured)
Swainson's Thrush - 2
American Robin - 2 (plus 2 recaptured)
[Gray Catbird - 1 recaptured]
European Starling - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Yellow Warbler - 5 (plus 11 recaptured)
[Magnolia Warbler - 1 recaptured]
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
[Black-and-white Warbler - 1 recaptured]
[American Redstart - 1 recaptured]
[Ovenbird - 1 recaptured]
[Northern Waterthrush - 2 recaptured]
Common Yellowthroat - 8 banded (plus 1 recaptured)
Wilson's Warbler - 2 (plus 2 recaptured)
Canada Warbler - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Song Sparrow - 3 (plus 3 recaptured)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Swamp Sparrow - 1
[Northern Cardinal - 1 recaptured]
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 (plus 4 recaptured)
Common Grackle - 1 (plus 1 released unbanded)
Baltimore Oriole - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
American Goldfinch - 1
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May 26, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time closed (E.S.T.): 12:45
Hours Open:  7.0
Sunrise (E.S.T.):  5:01
Net Hours: 77.0 (only 11.5 nets opened)
Temperature (F): 55-62
Cloud Cover: 100%
Wind Direction: WNW
Wind Speed (mph): 5-7
Barometer: 29.78 - 29.92
Precipitation:  Trace rain
No. Banded: 57 (plus 21 recaptured)
Species Captured: 27
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 101.3
Banding Assistants (9.5 hours worked): John Bieganowski, Carol Goodman. 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Northern Flicker - 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1
Alder Flycatcher - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 3
'Traill's" Flycatcher - 3
Warbling Vireo - 1 (plus 2 recaptured)
Tree Swallow - 2
[Black-capped Chickadee - 1 recaptured]
[House Wren - 1 recaptured]
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
European Starling - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Yellow Warbler - 5 (plus 10 recaptured)
Magnolia Warbler - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 6
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Mourning Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 9
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 (plus 3 recaptured)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
[American Goldfinch - 1 recaptured]
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May 27, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time closed (E.S.T.): 12:30
Hours Open: 6.75
Sunrise (E.S.T.):  5:00
Net Hours: 131.75
Temperature (F): 57-69
Cloud Cover: 30-10%
Wind Direction: Calm-SE
Wind Speed (mph): 0-5
Barometer: 29.96 - 29.99
Precipitation: None
No. Banded: 54 (plus 19 recaptured, 1 released unbanded)
Species Captured:  28
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 65.1
Banding Assistants (9.0 hours worked): Jenifer Benke, Terri Chapdelaine, Stevie Kuroda. 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Willow Flycatcher - 2
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Philadelphia Vireo - 1
[Tree Swallow - 1 recaptured]
[House Wren - 2 recaptured]
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 4
American Robin - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Gray Catbird - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 4
Yellow Warbler - 4 (plus 2 recaptured)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 3
American Redstart - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Mourning Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 5 (plus 1 recaptured)
Wilson's Warbler - 3
Song Sparrow - 2 (plus 2 recaptured)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 (plus 1 released unbanded)
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 (plus 4 recaptured)
Common Grackle - 1
[Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 recaptured]
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1 (plus 4 recaptured)
American Goldfinch - 1
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May 28, 2017

Time open (E.S.T.): 5:45
Time closed (E.S.T.): 12:45
Hours Open:  7.0
Sunrise (E.S.T.):  5:00
Net Hours: 119.25
Temperature (F): 57-75
Cloud Cover: 80-30-50%
Wind Direction: ENE-SE
Wind Speed (mph): 1-3-7
Barometer: 29.91 - 29.80
Precipitation:  None
No. Banded: 82 (plus 17 recaptured, 2 released unbanded)
Species Captured: 29
Capture Rate (#/100 net hours): 84.7
Banding Assistants (9.0 hours worked): Stevie Kuroda, Bruce Watson, Blanche Wicke. 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
[Downy Woodpecker - 1 released unbanded]
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 2
Alder Flycatcher - 2
Willow Flycatcher - 2
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 4 (plus 1 released unbanded)
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
[Black-capped Chickadee - 4 recaptured]
Veery - 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 5
American Robin - 1 (plus 1 recaptured)
Gray Catbird - 3 (plus 1 recaptured)
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Yellow Warbler - 2 (plus 1 recaptured)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 22
American Redstart - 2
Mourning Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 6
Canada Warbler - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 8
[Song Sparrow - 2 recaptured]
Lincoln's Sparrow - 3
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 4 (plus 3 recaptured)
Baltimore Oriole - 2 (plus 5 recaptured)
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