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Fall 2002
Hannah Suthers
This fall had fallouts in early and mid September,
otherwise migration was 'trickle through', the birds apparantly
overpassing the Sourlands to go directly to Cape May. However the
diversity of species was high. Food resources were restricted because
drought preempted fruit and grass seed development, though insects were
plentiful. Highlights were:
| Bald Eagle | overhead Sept 29 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | banded Sept 29, Oct 6 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | observed throughout |
| Great Horned and Screech Owl | pairs heard regularly throughout |
| Ruffed Grouse | flushed Nov 10, 20, 21 |
| Wild Turkey | Sept 15, 22, Oct 6, 27, |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Sept 2, 29, Oct 20, pair at hole Oct 22 (Janet Speck), pair Nov 10 |
| Northern Flicker | 21-Nov |
| Brown Creeper | banded Oct 27, Nov 10 |
| Winter Wren | banded Oct 6, 20, Nov 24 |
| Both Kinglets | banded 29 Sept (RCKI) weekly through Nov 24 |
| Wood Thrush | banded Sept 8, 15 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Sept 15, 29, Oct 6 |
| Swainson's Thrush | 29-Sep |
| Hermit Thrush | 12 banded on Oct 6, banded weekly through Nov 14 |
| Catbird | lingering Nov 10 |
| American Robin | flock of northern subspecies arrived to overwinter Oct 13 |
| Cedar Waxwing | flock of 6 juvenals eating shrivled frost grapes and red cedar berries, Oct 20 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | seen Sept 29 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | banded Sept 2, 15, 29 |
| Scarlet Tanager | banded Sept 29 |
| American Goldfinch | banded Oct 2, Nov 24 |
| Eastern Towhee | banded Sept 8, Oct 6, Nov 3, species still present Nov 24 |
| Swamp Sparrow | banded Oct 6, 20, Nov 3, 10, 24 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | banded Oct 6 & thereafter |
| American Tree Sparrow | banded Nov 24 |
| Field Sparrow | seen Nov 3 |
| White-throated Sparrow | banded Sept 29 & thereafter |
| Fox Sparrow | banded Nov 13, 24 |
| Flycatchers: | |
| Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Willow and Least | banded Sept 2 |
| Alder, Willow and Least banded | 8-Sep |
| Phoebe and Alder | banded Sept 15 |
| Warblers (19 species): | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | banded Sept 2, 8, 15, 29 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | banded Sept 2 |
| Blue-winged x Brewster's | backcross banded Sept 2 |
| Tennessee | banded Sept 8 |
| Magnolia | banded Sept 2 weekly through Oct 6 |
| Yellow-rumped | first banded Oct 6, weekly through Nov 10 |
| Black-throated Green | banded Sept 2, 15, Oct 6 |
| Black-throated Blue | banded Sept 2, 8, 15, 22, 29, seen Oct 27 |
| Chestnut-sided | banded Sept 2 |
| Bay-breasted | banded Sept 15 |
| Blackpoll | banded Sept 2 |
| Yellow Palm | seen Oct 13 |
| Ovenbird | banded Sept 2, 15, 29 |
| Northern Waterthrush | banded Sept 2, 15 |
| Common Yellowthroat | banded Sept 2, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6 |
| Connecticut | banded Sept 8 |
| Wilson's | banded Sept 22 |
| Canada | banded Sept 2 |
| American Redstart | banded Sept 2, 8, 15, 22 |
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Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew
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