Our first Canada warbler of the season caught at Erie Bluffs!
Christine using the optivisor to take a closer took at the bill of a ruby-throated hummingbird. She is looking for tiny serrations along the bill that would indicate its age as a hatch year.
One of our faithful volunteers Sam Stull making friends with a tufted titmouse at Niagara last Saturday.
Look at the difference in plumage between these cedar waxwings! This is the after hatch year adult bird. Note the beautiful red waxy tips on it's wings, for which it gets it's name. We count and measure these as one of the ways to determine the age of these birds.
This is a hatch year cedar waxwing. Note that there are no red waxy tips present on the wing, as well as the much more drab overall appearance compared to the older bird. Don't worry little fella, when we see you next spring you will have grown in to a beautiful bird!
Sept. 6-Sept 12 2010 Capture Summary
Tues Sept. 7 @ Niagara: 1 magnolia warbler, 3 swainson's thrush, 2 gray catbird = 6 birds total
Wed Sept. 8 @ Fry's: Nets closed for inclimate weather and wind.
Thurs Sept. 9 @ Bluffs: 1 song sparrow, 2 white-breasted nuthatch, 2 swainson's thrush, 1 downy woodpecker, 1 gray catbird = 7 birds total
Fri Sept. 10 @ Fry's: 2 american redstart, 2 magnolia warbler, 12 blackpoll warbler, 1 warbling vireo, 1 cape may warbler, 2 black throated blue warbler, 2 common yellowthroat, 1 least flycatcher, 2 traills flycatcher, 1 house wren, 4 swainson's thrush, 1 downy woodpecker, 1 gray cheeked thrush, 7 gray catbird, 2 yellow shafted flicker, 1 hybrid yellow x red shafted flicker = 42 birds total
Sat Sept. 11 @ Niagara: 1 magnolia warbler, 1 common yellowthroat, 7 swainson's thrush, 1 song sparrow, 1 veery, 1 cedar waxwing, 4 gray catbird = 16 birds total
A BIG thank you to Scott Gorring for bringing us DeLiCiOuS bagels for breakfast Friday!
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