It's over until fall - season summary!

Well, we had a very good spring (we think, future years may show us up!) The following is a tentative summary, data still needs to be entered and analyzed! Weather permitted us to band 32 days and our total net hours were 2215.25. We ended with a total of 1154 birds of 77 species; 925 new birds and 229 recaptures!! For new birds, our highest numbers per species were Yellow Warblers (180) and Gray Catbirds (134). 17 species we caught only once. Below is the species list in order from most to least captured!

Yellow Warbler
Gray Catbird
White-throated Sparrow
Blackpoll Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Song Sparrow
American Redstart
American Robin
Western Palm Warbler
Swainson's Thrush
White-crowned Sparrow
Lincoln Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat
Myrtle Warbler
Veery
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Indigo Bunting
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swamp Sparrow
Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black and white Warbler
Blue Jay
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
Nashville Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
Slate-colored Junco
American Tree Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Hermit Thrush
American Goldfinch
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Great-crested Flycatcher
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Field Sparrow
Hooded Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Savannah Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Eastern Towhee
Least Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Ovenbird
Unidentified Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Chipping Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Grasshopper Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Parula
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Tennessee Warbler
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-shafted Flicker

Thanks to all who volunteered their time, especially our regulars: Frank, Joan, Brian, Scott, Dave, Ross, Bob, Jessica, Jerry, Jean and Toni. We appreciate all you did and hope you enjoyed it! Thanks also to the many visitors we had over the course of the season. See you in the fall!