We had an eventful morning of bird banding with Ron Refsnider, Siah St. Clair, and all of the volunteers and visitors on Sunday morning, Aug 19. There was a steady stream of birds from behind the nature center all morning, whereas the field nets and traps started out slow and then definitely picked up as the morning went on. We ended up with almost 90 birds representing 18 species (inc. a ruby-throated hummingbird that was released from a net). Almost half of the birds were black-capped chickadees (banded and unbanded), with the next largest group being 17 grey catbirds! We also had Northern cardinals, House finch, Red-winged blackbird, American robin, White-breasted nuthatch, Downy and Hairy woodpeckers, American goldfinch, and Trails flycatchers. And a few warblers and others were hanging out, too: Canada, Chestnut-sided, and Magnolia; Northern waterthrush, Ovenbird, and a Red-eyed vireo.
The next Springbrook bird banding will take place on Sunday, September 9; stop by any time between 7:00am and noon! Kathy Confer Near Lake Josephine in Ramsey County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
