RMBO Chatfield Banding Report 5/20/15

[meredith]

Finally got back to banding, after 2 days with too much rain!  It was muddy and damp, but we made the best of it!  A fair amount of activity among our locally breeding Yellow Warblers - only banded 2, but had 7 recaps (birds we had caught previously this year) and 5 returns (birds caught for the first time this year but banded in previous years).

Here's the breakdown on the birds caught for the first time this season:

Dusky Flycatcher 2

House Wren 2

Gray Catbird 2

Yellow Warbler 2 new, 5 returns (2 from 2014, 1 from 2012, and 2 from 2009)

Western Tanager 1 (FOS)

Green-tailed Towhee 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

Lazuli Bunting 1

Open daily, weather permitting, through the end of May, from about 7:30 to 11.