Bird Banding 10-1-10

The first photo below sums up bird banding today....lots and lots of Gray Catbirds! By the time I had to leave at 10:15am, we had captured 26 catbirds. We also had a nice assortment of other species too. White-throated Sparrow were the second most commonly captured species. We also had a few Eastern Towhees, a Northern Cardinal, Song Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Least Flycatcher, and Eastern Phoebe. It was a great way to start off one of my favorite months, October.

6 Gray Catbirds

The crew this morning with 7 Gray Catbirds.

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Towhee
Least Flycatcher
Common Yellowthroat
Ovenbird

White-throated Sparrow

For more photos of the bird banding we have been doing at Sunset Park in State College, visit this link to my Picasa Web Albums.

This afternoon I am heading down to Bedford and Somerset Counties for some hawk watching with Anna, so check back here Sunday or Monday for some photos and info from my weekend. I hope we get some Peregrines!