The water feature at BSBO's Anna Macke Mikolajczyk Window on Wildlife has been hopping with migrants and vagrants (Selasphorous hummingbirds). The banding station has not experienced a large volume yet, but we have seen a nice variety of birds. Seventeen species of warblers were seen or heard including Tennessee, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Connecticut, Common Yellowthroat, and Wilson's Warbler over the weekend.
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| Blackburnian Warbler (BLBW) Hatching Year male |
Saturday, the crew was happy to see three Connecticut Warblers (CONW).
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| CONW |
Swainson's Thrushes (SWTH) and Blackpoll Warblers (BLPW) are still increasing in numbers. Veery, (VEER), Gray-cheeked (GCTH), and American Robin (AMRO) were the other thrushes seen during the weekend.
A strong cold front arrived on Tuesday and brought in more northern migrants. We have had a Winter Wren (WIWR) and a couple White-throated Sparrows (WTSP) filtering in but more are yet to come.
With southerly breezes we are catching some species that have worked their way back north for a brief time. Several Chestnut-sided Warblers, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (YBFL), and Eastern Wood-Pewee (EAWP) ventured into our nets to be banded. Most of the flycatchers are well south of us by mid-September.
Quiz bird for you:
Some highlights of large-billed birds:
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (RBGR)-female |
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| RBGR female with yellowish axillaries |
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| Scarlet Tanager (SCTA) male-note black wings |
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| Hatching year bird (HY) with brown primary coverts and note tail with mite fault bars. | | |
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| Second photo of Quiz Bird |
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| Adult Male Cape May Warbler (CMWA) |
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| CMWA always have the fine streaks on their breast |
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| CMWA is one of the yellow-rumped warblers. It is not the "official" Yellow-rumped Warbler but has a yellow rump none the less. |
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