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Fall 2020
Hannah Suthers
Mild weather and mostly low wind, 3 - 8 mph, took us through September and
October with only one substitute day until high wind preempted two out of four
possible Sundays in November.
Warblers came through in Sept. Major flights of thrushes and kinglets were on Oct.
9 and 18. There were 308 new fall bandings, 18 returns of local birds and of an
Ovenbird and a Common Yellowthroat both banded in 2017.
Dates (o) observed and (b) banded, (number of birds) and blank means
missed this year:
Neotropical (long distance) migrants:
| Black-billed Cuckoo | o Oct 8 |
| Common Nighthawk | s Oct |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | o 6, 13 Sep |
| Eastern Wood Pewee | o 6 Sep |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | b Sep 6 |
| Alder Flycatcher | |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | o 6 Sep |
| Willow Flycatcher | |
| Veery | b Sep 6 |
| Swainson's Thrush | b Sep 13, 20, 27, Oct 4, 9, 18 |
| Wood Thrush | b Sep 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct 4, 9 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | b Oct 4, 9, 18 |
| Bicknell's Thrush | b Oct 4 |
| Gray Catbird | b Sep 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct 4, 9 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | o 6 Sep, b 4 Oct |
| Blue-headed Vireo | b Sep 27, Oct 18 |
| American Redstart | b Sep 13, 27, Oct 18 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | b Sep 6 |
| Common Yellowthroat | b Sep 13, 20, 27, Oct 4 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | b Sep 6 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | b Sep 6, 13, 20, 27 |
| Blackburnian Warbler | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | |
| Nashville Warbler | |
| Magnolia Warbler | b Sep 6,27, Oct 4, 18 |
| Connecticut Warbler | b Sep 13 |
| Mourning Warbler | b Sep 6 |
| Northern Waterthrush | b Sep 6, 13 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | b Oct 9 |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | b Sep 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct 4, 9, 18 |
| Ovenbird | b Sep 6, 13, 20, 27 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | b Oct 4, 9 |
| Northern Parula | o Sep 15, b Oct 18 |
| Cape May Warbler | o Sep 15, b Oct 18 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | b Oct 18, o Oct 25 |
| Canada Warbler | b Sep 6 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | |
Temperate
(short distance) migrants:
| Cooper's Hawk | Sep 30, Nov 19 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Sep 7, b Sep 23 |
| Cooper's Hawk | o Nov 15 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | o Oct 20 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | o Sep 6, 13, 20 (fledgling) |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | o Oct 18 |
| Bald Eagle | o 26 Nov (3) |
| Common Flicker | throughout |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | o Oct 18, b Nov 15 |
| Eastern Phoebe | b Oct 9, 18 |
| Blue Jay | throughout |
| Brown Creeper | o Nov 8 |
| House Wren | b Sep13 (Fledgling), Oct 9 |
| Winter Wren | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | b Oct 4, 18, Nov 8, 15 (6) |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | b Oct 4, 9, 18, 25 (38) |
| American Robin | T. m. migratorius Sep 6,13,20,27 |
| Hermit Thrush | b Oct 4, 9, 18, 25, Nov 8, 15 (6) |
| European Starling | o Sep 6, Nov 8, 15 |
| Yellow Palm Warbler | b Oct 4 |
| Eastern Towhee | o Sep 6, 13, 20 |
| Chipping Sparrow | b Oct 18 |
| Field Sparrow | b Nov 9 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | |
| Swamp Sparrow | |
| Fox Sparrow | |
| Common Grackle | o Oct 15 (50+) |
Overwintering and irruptive migrants:
| Snow Goose | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | b Nov 8 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sep 6 |
| American Robin | T.M. nigideus Oct 18, Nov 8, 15 |
| White-throated Sparrow | b Oct 4, 9, 18, 25, o Nov 8, 15 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | b Oct 18, Nov 5 |
| Purple Finch | b Oct 18, 25 |
| Pine Siskins | o Nov 8 |
Residents
throughout:
| Canada Goose | flocks over |
| Black Vulture | Oct 28, Nov 4 |
| Turkey Vulture | 3 pairs at FBL |
| Vulture roost at Hart Ave. | both spp over 100 birds |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Sep 16, Nov 11 |
| Wild Turkey | o Sept 27 |
| Eastern Screech Owl | Sep 23, Oct 23 |
| Barred Owl | Sep 6 |
| Great-horned Owl | throughout (pair) |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | throughout, b Sep 13 |
| Downy Woodpecker | throughout, b Sep 13 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | o Nov 8, 15, 26 (5) |
| American Crow | o throughout |
| Fish Crow | |
| Carolina Chickadee | |
| Black-capped X Carolina Chickadee hybrid | b Sep 13, 20, 27, Oct 9, 18, o Sep 6, Nov 8, Nov 15 |
| Tufted Titmouse | b Sep 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct 9 18 25, o Nov 8, 15 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | s Sep 6, 20, 27, Nov 8, 15 |
| Carolina Wren | b Sep 5, Oct 2 |
| Eastern Bluebird | o Nov 9, b Nov 15 |
| Northern Mockingbird | |
| Cedar Waxwing | |
| Northern Cardinal | o throughout, b Sep 20, Oct 18 |
| Song Sparrow | b Oct 18, Nov 8 |
| House Finch | o throughout |
| American Goldfinch | o Sep 13, 20, Oct 4, Nov 8, 15 |
| House Sparrow | o throughout at barn |
Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew
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