Bird Banding 10-22-10

This morning was our last day of birding banding this fall. We caught a total of 9 species. One of the Northern Cardinals we captured today was a recapture that had first been banding on our very first day of banding in September! Our most numerous bird captured this morning where White-throated Sparrows, we ran out of bands after we caught 11 but we captured about 20 total. Other highlights were one Winter Wren, two Carolina Wrens, and one Blue Jay.

White-throated Sparrow

14 White-throated Sparrows

Blue Jay

Black-capped Chickadee
Winter Wren

Carolina Wren

Winter Wren (left) and Carolina Wren (right) - look at the size difference!

For more photos I have taken of bird banding at Sunset Park, visit this link.

This weekend I am headed down to Bedford County for more hawk watching and saw-whet owl banding, check back Monday for photos and info!