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Fall 2005
Hannah Suthers
This was the fall of hurricanes, Katrina, Orphelia, Rita, bringing
drought relief to wilting trees. Migratory birds poured through in
large flights between storm systems, resulting in an unprecedented
high catch of birds in the mist nets even though we had to close early
twice because of the quantity of birds, rain preempted banding once,
and wind twice. The first frost came on November 20. Fruit resources
were poor because of drought, except Virginia Creeper. Grass seeds were
shriveled. Insects were plentiful.
We banded birds on 9 weekends from Sept 4-Nov 20. Sixty species were
banded, 29 more tallied, totaling 67 migratory species (37 Neotropical)
and 22 resident species. There were 638 encounters: 493 newly banded,
104 recaptured from previous banding, and 41 escaped. Seven flycatcher
species, 6 thrush, 15 warbler and 9 sparrow species were banded. Both
Chickadees and their hybrids were well represented. Sighting and
banding highlights, dates, (number of birds):
| Black Vulture | Sept 4, 18, Nov 13 (6) |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Sept 4, 11, 25, Oct 2, Nov 6 |
| Cooper's Hawk | Sept 4, 11, 25 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Nov 13 |
| Eastern Screech Owl | pair calling Sept 4, 11, Oct 2, Nov 20 |
| Great Horned Owl | calling Sept 4, pair Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, Nov 13, 20 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | throughout |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Nov 20 |
| Downy Woodpecker | throughout, banded Oct 2, 16, Nov 6 |
| Northern Flicker | throughout |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Sept 18, Nov 6 |
| Eastern Wood Pewee | banded Sept 4 (2) |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | banded Sept 4, 18 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | banded Sept 18 |
| Alder Flycatcher | banded Sept 11 |
| Traill's Flycatcher | banded Sept 4, 11, 25 |
| Least Flycatcher | banded Sept 4 |
| Eastern Phoebe | banded Sept 4 (2), heard Sept 11, 18 |
| Hybrid Chickadee | banded July 24, recaptured Oct 16, Nov 6, 13, 1 banded Nov 13 |
| Carolina Chickadee | banded throughout (7), recaptures (2) |
| Black-capped Chickadee | banded throughout (14) |
| Eastern Tufted Titmouse | banded (20), recaptures (7), from previous years (3) |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sept 18, 25, Oct 2 |
| Brown Creeper | Sept 4, Nov 6 |
| Winter Wren | banded Oct 2 (2), 16 (2) |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | banded Oct 16 (4), Nov 6, 13 (4) |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | banded Oct 2 (2), 16 (3), Nov 6 (4), 13 |
| Eastern Bluebird | Nov 6, 13, 20 |
| Hermit Thrush | banded Oct 16 (3), Nov 6 (3), 13 (7) |
| Swainson's Thrush | banded Sept 18, 25 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | banded Sept 18, Oct 2 (4) |
| Catbird | last banded Nov 6 |
| Cedar Waxwing | banded Oct 16 (3) |
| Blue-headed Vireo | banded Oct 16 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Sept 25 eating panicled dogwood (C. racemosa) |
| Black-and-white Warbler | banded Sept 11 (2), 18 (2), Oct 2 |
| Nashville Warbler | banded Oct 16 |
| Magnolia Warbler | banded Sept 9 (17), 18, Oct 16 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | banded Oct 16 (9) |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | banded Sept 4, 11, seen Oct 2 |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | banded Sept 4 (5), 18 (2), 25 (2), Oct 16 |
| Ovenbird | last banded Oct 2 |
| Common Yellowthroat | banded through Oct 2 |
| American Redstart | banded Sept 4 (8), 25 (3) |
| Scarlet Tanager | Sept 11 |
| Purple Finch | flock Nov 6, banded Nov 13 |
| Eastern Towhee | banded (4) last seen Nov 13 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | banded Oct 2-Nov 20 |
| American Tree Sparrow | banded Nov 20 |
| Field Sparrow | banded Oct 2, 16 (3) |
| White-throated Sparrow | banded Sept 18-Nov 20 |
| Fox Sparrow | banded Nov 6 (4), 13 (5) |
| Swamp Sparrow | banded Nov 6 (2) |
| Song Sparrow | banded Sept 11, 18, Nov 6 (5), 13 (2), seen Nov 20 |
Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew
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