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Fall 2001
Hannah Suthers
Ninety three species of birds were encountered this fall, of
which 635 new birds of 56 species were banded in weekly sessions, 78
repeating same season, and 15 birds recaptured from previous seasons.
(Last fall's figures were 408 new birds of 51 species, 21 recaptured
from previous seasons.) Fruit resources were plentiful even in the
drought, though the wildflower and grass seed-heads seemed to have
suffered. Again, migratory bird captures were higher in the panicled
dogwood-Elaeagnus shrublands in September, and higher in the shrubland
with fruiting vines in October when the panicled dogwood fruits were
mostly gone but the Elaeagnus persisted.
Highlights of the season were:
| Black Vulture | fly-over Sep 16, Oct 7 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | banded Sep 16, present Oct 21, Nov 11 |
| Cooper's Hawk | male mist-netted and released unbanded Nov 4 |
| Ruffed Grouse | flushed Sep 16, 30, Nov 4, 11 |
| Common Snipe | flushed Oct 21 |
| American Woodcock | flushed Nov 4 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | calling Sep 9 |
| Eastern Screech Owl | calling Sep 21, Nov 25 |
| Great Horned Owl | calling Sep 2,9,16,23, Oct 7,21. A pair calling Oct 28, Nov 4; 2 pairs calling Nov 11, 18 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | last seen Sep 2 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | pair seen Nov 4, female seen Nov 18, female seen Dec 11, male seen Dec 13 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | two seen Nov 11 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | pair continually seen, female photographed looking out of tree hole in Oct (JS) |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | banded on Sep 9, 16 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | banded on Sept 9 |
| Alder Flycatcher | banded on Sep 2, 9 |
| Willow Flycatcher | banded on Sept 2, 9 |
| Fish Crow | flyover Nov 18, 25 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | heard Sep 2, Oct 21, Nov 4, 11, and pair seen daily at home feeder since Oct 8 |
| Winter Wren | two banded Oct 21 |
| Eastern Bluebird | flocks in frost grapes Sep-Nov |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | banded Oct 7 |
| Swainson's Thrush | banded Sep 23, 30 |
| Hermit Thrush | banded Oct 7 thru Nov 25 total of 31 |
| Gray Catbird | with crossed mandibles banded Nov 25 |
| Cedar Waxwing | flocks in Frost Grapes Sep-Nov |
| Blue-headed Vireo | banded Sep 23 |
| Hybrid Chickadee | banded Sep 2, repeated Nov 4 |
| Ovenbird | last banded Oct 7 |
| Yellow-breasted | Chat banded Sep 2 |
| Warblers | 15 species banded |
| Golden-winged Warbler | banded Sep 2, FIRST FOR THE STATION, though Blue-winged Warblers breed here, and both hybrids, Lawrence's and Brewster's have been banded |
| Connecticut Warbler | banded Sep 16, 23, 30, Oct 15 |
| Fox Sparrow banded | Nov 4, 11, 18 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | banded Sep 23 |
| Swamp Sparrows | 17 banded on Oct 15, 21, Nov 4 |
| Purple Finch | banded Oct 21, small flock seen Nov 4, 11, 18 |
| Pine Siskin | small flock Nov 4 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 5 Nov 25, the last species arriving to winter-over, thus ending our banding season. |
Sightings are by Hannah Suthers (HS)
and the Featherbed Lane Bird Banding Group. JS is Janet Speck
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