Bird Banding and Scotia 9-10-10

This morning I went bird banding again at Sunset Park. It was a fairly quite morning and we didnt catch a whole lot, but still had some neat birds. Highlights were two Brown Thrashers and two Least Flycatchers. I stayed till about 9:00am and then decided to head over to Scotia Barrens and meet up with Drew Weber, who had been birding there all morning. While I was at Sunset Park we captured 2 Brown Thrashers, 8 Gray Catbirds, 2 Black-capped Chickadees, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 3 Common Yellowthroats, and 1 Eastern Towhee.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female)

Brown Thrasher

Brown Thrasher

Gray Catbird and Brown Thrasher

Least Flycatchers

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Towhee

Common Yellowthroat (juvenile male)

Common Yellowthroats (juvenile male on left and adult female on right)

I met up with Drew at Scotia around 9:30am. Bird activity had slowed down a ton since the early morning hours, where Drew was able to find 20 species of warbler. I left at 11:30am after seeing 12 species. This cold front has finally brought good numbers of neotropical migrants into Central PA. Get out and go birding! For more photos of the birds we banded today and photos of other birds here in Centre County, visit my Picasa Photo Album at this link.