Bird Banding 10-8-10

Another productive morning of bird banding at Sunset Park here in State College. Our most numerous species was White-crowned Sparrow with about 10 captured. Other species included Blue Jay, House Wren, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Towhee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Least Flycatcher, and Black-capped Chickadee. The highlight however was that we once again managed to catch all three species in the genus Melaspiza; the Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, and Lincoln's Sparrow!

Swamp (left) and Song Sparrows
Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet

White-throated Sparrows

Least Flycatcher

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Lincoln's Sparrow

I am headed out for another weekend full of hawk watching and we will also be Northern Saw-whet Owl banding each nigth this weekend at the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch. On Sunday I am hosting a "Big Sit" at the hawk watch, so if you are free, please come down and join us! If not, check back early next week for photos and info. For more photos from the birds we banded today visit this link to my picasa web album. The photos from today are towards the back of the album.