Spring 2016 Banding Totals

WOW, what another great season!! We banded 2,080 new birds this spring, recaptured 123 unique previously banded individuals and handled 81 different species.  As always, a big thank you to our volunteers as well as to everyone that came out or helped support us in one way or another this season, we couldn't have done it without you!

Our top ten species banded in the spring of 2016 are:

Tying for the tenth spot is the Black-throated Blue Warbler. We banded 50 of these birds in 2016 compared to 19 in 2015.

Also tied for tenth place is the Blackpoll Warbler. We banded 50 of these in 2016 compared to 62 in 2015. This was the only species in our top ten that we banded more of in 2015.

In ninth place is the American Redstart with 58 newly banded birds in 2016 compared to 37 in 2015.

In eighth place is the Common Yellowthroat with 71 newly banded birds in 2016 compared to 65 in 2015.

The Ruby-crowned Kinglet came in at seventh place this year with 82 newly banded birds compared to only 2 in 2015!

At number six is the Western Palm Warbler with 133 newly banded birds in 2016 compared to only 19 in the 2015.

In fifth place is the Magnolia Warbler with 136 newly banded birds in 2016 compared to 86 in 2015.

The Myrtle Warbler came in fourth place with a grand total of 150 newly banded birds in 2016 compared to 41 in 2015. This is normally one of our top species banded so it was nice to see it return to the top five this season. 

Gray Catbird, with 218 newly banded individuals, came in  third this season compared to 217 banded in 2015. 

Surprisingly, the White-throated Sparrow came in at number two with 227 newly banded birds compared to 100 in 2015.

And at number one is the Yellow Warbler with 324 newly banded individuals compared to 149 in 2015.

Below is the rest of this season's totals:

SPECIES 2016 ACADIAN FLYCATCHER 2 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH 4 AMERICAN KESTREL 1 AMERICAN REDSTART 58 AMERICAN ROBIN 20 BALTIMORE ORIOLE 10 BARN SWALLOW 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER 14 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER 2 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE 2 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER 8 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREO 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER 12 BLUE JAY 5 BLACKPOLL WARBLER 50 BROWN CREEPER 4 BROWN THRASHER 8 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER 50 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER 18 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER 4 CAROLINA CHICKADEE 2 CANADA WARBLER 7 CERULEAN WARBLER CHIPPING SPARROW 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER 4 COMMON GRACKLE 1 COOPER'S HAWK 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 71 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 30 DOWNY WOODPECKER 8 EASTERN PHOEBE 1 EASTERN TOWHEE 5 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE 3 EASTERN WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 6 FIELD SPARROW 6 FOX SPARROW 1 GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER 7 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 1 GRAY CATBIRD 218 HAIRY WOODPECKER 2 HERMIT THRUSH 21 HOODED WARBLER 7 HOUSE WREN 13 INDIGO BUNTING 2 LEAST FLYCATCHER 10 LINCOLN'S SPARROW 29 MAGNOLIA WARBLER 136 MOURNING WARBLER 11 MYRTLE WARBLER 150 NASHVILLE WARBLER 38 NORTHERN CARDINAL 14 NORTHERN PARULA 3 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH 10 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW 7 OVENBIRD 13 PHILADELPHIA VIREO 4 PINE WARBLER 1 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 2 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 82 RED-EYED VIREO 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD 4 SLATE-COLORED JUNCO 2 SONG SPARROW 23 SPOTTED SANDPIPER 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 4 SWAMP SPARROW 11 SWAINSON'S THRUSH 35 TENNESSEE WARBLER 6 TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER 11 TUFTED TITMOUSE 2 VEERY 13 WARBLING VIREO 13 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 3 WORM-EATING WARBLER 2 WILSON'S WARBLER 19 WINTER WREN 2 WOOD THRUSH 10 WESTERN PALM WARBLER 133 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 227 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER 2 YELLOW WARBLER 324 YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER 3 TOTALS 2081