Bird Banding-First Day of the Fall Season

August 31, 2012 · Filed under Birds · Tagged American Redstart, bird banding, black and white warbler, canada warbler, gray catbird., northern waterthrush, red-eyed vireo, swainson's thrush, veery

Adult Male Canada Warbler

We opened the nets for the first banding of the fall migration this morning.  We all had other commitments so we didn’t stay open long but we had 14 birds and the sanctuary was quite birdy.  We banded 2 Canada Warblers, 2 Black and White Warblers, 1 American Redstart, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 3 Northern Waterthrushes, 1 Swainson’s Thrush, 1 Veery and 3 Catbirds.  The Canada Warbler was exceedingly handsome.  The Black and White was also beautiful, even though he was a hatch year bird.

Male Black and White Warbler