Volunteered at yesterday's bird banding session at Springbrook Nature Center in Fridley and was surprised at the low number of birds caught in nets and cages (narrowly based on the new flurry of activity in my yard the past few days). Wasn't sure if it had to do with the storms/fronts, the windy conditions blowing the nets into neighboring branches, or a combination of this and other factors. However, we did get a chance to band a few birds that were "special" (beyond the usual BC chickadees, downy and hairy woodpeckers, etc.):
*brown creeper *fox sparrow *swamp sparrow *hermit thrush Hoping for bunches of warblers at the next Springbrook banding gig on May 1. Good birding and banding! Kathy Confer Near Lake Josephine in Arden Hills ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
