Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2015
Pictured: American Tree Sparrow

- Number of Birds Banded: 74
- Number of Recaptures: 27
- Number of Species Banded: 18 (+3 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Golden-crowned Kinglet 18 (+3 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12, American Robin 9 (+1 recap), Red-winged Blackbird 7, and White-throated Sparrow 5 (+5 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 24
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 50
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 4 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 5.5

Highlights: American Tree Sparrow, Northern Waterthrush, Tennessee Warbler, Gray Catbird, and House Finch.

Notes: Nice early/late combination with Tree Sparrow and Northern Waterthrush. Tree Sparrow and House Finch first for the season.

Weather: Winds North. Temperature in the 50s.


*Sunday the 25th marked the last day of the fall banding season at the Navarre Marsh Banding Station, and it seems only fitting that a bird synonymous with winter (the American Tree Sparrow) would make its first appearance at the close of the season. We will continue our Navarre Marsh daily updates next Spring, beginning in April 2016. Until then, you can review all that has happened this past year by following the links below:

For complete reports on Daily Banding Totals and Daily Bird Checklists (where you can see how many of each species was banded and what species were seen on each day) from the 2015 Fall and Spring banding seasons, click over to BSBO's website -http://www.bsbo.org/passerines.html

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2015
Pictured: Swamp Sparrow

- Number of Birds Banded: 21
- Number of Recaptures: 18
- Number of Species Banded: 8 (+5 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Golden-crowned Kinglet 8 (+1 recap), White-throated Sparrow 3 (+4 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3, Winter Wren 2, and Gray Catbird 2.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: Not run
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 45
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 2 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 4.3

Highlights: Gray-cheeked Thrush and a Common Loon off the lake shore.

Notes: Considerable less bird activity with the southerly winds today.

Weather: Winds Southwest. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Friday, October 23, 2015
Pictured: White-crowned Sparrow

- Number of Birds Banded: 102
- Number of Recaptures: 17
- Number of Species Banded: 18
- Top Five Species Banded: Hermit Thrush 17 (+3 recap), American Robin 12 (+1 recap), Common Grackle 10, Slate-colored Junco 10 (+ 1 recap), and White-throated Sparrow 9 (+3 recaps).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 21
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 40
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 3 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.0

Highlights: Slate-colored Junco, Fox Sparrow, and Rusty Blackbird.

Notes: Turnover of birds, with fewer recaptures due to NW winds yesterday evening and overnight.

Weather: Winds East. Temperature in the 50 going to low 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2015
Pictured: American Robin (This "common" bird often times receives little attention from observers. But look closer and you'll see just how beautiful these birds actually are.)

- Number of Birds Banded: 41
- Number of Recaptures: 36
- Number of Species Banded: 15 (+6 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: American Robin 10 (+1 recap), Hermit Thrush 7 (+15 recap), Myrtle Warbler 5, Slate-colored Junco 3, and Fox Sparrow 3.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 24
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 36
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 3 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.0

Highlights: Northern Waterthrush, Nashville Warbler, White-eyed Vireo, and Purple Finch.

Notes: Still lots of Pine Siskins moving heavily about an hour after sunrise.

Weather: Winds Southwest turning to the NW. Winds predicted to be light and variable overnight.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Monday, October 21, 2015
Pictured: Rusty Blackbird - Adult Male *Read below for more information on RUBLs*

- Number of Birds Banded: 37
- Number of Recaptures: 46
- Number of Species Banded: 16 (+2 recap only)
- Top Four Species Banded:, Hermit Thrush 7 (+18 recap), American Robin 5, White-throated Sparrow 5 (+1 recap) and Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 (+3 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 23
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 37
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 4
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 5.75

Highlights: Magnolia Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Rusty Blackbird, and Fox Sparrow.

Notes: Large flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds and Pine Siskins moving around this morning, but south winds are preventing movement of other migrants into the area.

Weather: Winds Southwest. Temperature in the 50s going to 60s.

*Aging Rusty Blackbirds in the fall is a fairly easy task. Adults should have white/yellow eyes, and hatching-year birds should have mostly brown eyes. In fall, Male RUBLs (pictured today) tend to be darker with less "rust" on the edges of their feathers, and have a blue-green iridescence or gloss to the majority of their black feathers (especially the wing feathers). Fall Female RUBLs have noticeably more "rust" throughout their body feathers (especially the face) with an obvious pale eyebrow, and lack any gloss to their dark gray-black body feathers, which appear more matte or flat.
Mostly all of the rusty edging on the feathers will wear away during winter, and by spring, returning Rustys will be entirely black.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Pictured: Hermit Thrush

- Number of Birds Banded: 18
- Number of Recaptures: 25
- Number of Species Banded: 8 (+4 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Hermit Thrush 6 (+14 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 (+1 recap), American Robin 2, White-throated Sparrow 2, and 4 with 1.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 16
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 33
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 2 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 5.25

Highlights: Swainson’s Thrush and American Woodcock (not captured).

Notes: Major drop-off with the south winds. Diversity and abundance both down.

Weather: Winds South. Temperature in the 50s in early morning.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2015

- Number of Birds Banded: 79
- Number of Recaptures: 58
- Number of Species Banded: 19 (+2 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: White-throated Sparrow 15 (+3 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 12 (+2 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11 (+9 recap), Hermit Thrush 10 (+23 recap), and American Robin 8.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 29
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 53
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 4 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.0

Highlights: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Nashville Warbler, Purple Finch, and several flights of Tundra Swan fly overs.

Notes: Purple Finch movement along with siskins. First sightings of Tundra Swans for the season.

Weather: Winds Northwest. Temperature in the 30s going to low 50s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015
Pictured: Lincoln's Sparrow

- Number of Birds Banded: 87
- Number of Recaptures: 87
- Number of Species Banded: 20 (+6 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Ruby-crowned Kinglet 23 (+6 recap), White-throated Sparrow 13 (+12 recap), Hermit Thrush 9 (+19 recap), Myrtle Warbler 8 (+3 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 7 (+5 recap), and Cedar Waxwing 7.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 32
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 59
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 4 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.0

Highlights: Lincoln’s Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Nashville Warbler, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Common Yellowthroat.

Notes: Late Lincoln’s Sparrow and Nashville Warbler. Still a good number of Blackpolls in area but most have been here for a while (banded 1 new and recaptured 19).

Weather: Winds Northwest. Temperature in the 30s going to low 50s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Friday, October 16, 2015
Pictured: Fox Sparrow

- Number of Birds Banded: 105
- Number of Recaptures: 68
- Number of Species Banded: 16 (+7 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: White-throated Sparrow 22 (+11 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17 (+3 recap), Hermit Thrush 16 (+13 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 (+7 recap), and Swamp Sparrow 14.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 21
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 48
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 4 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.25

Highlights: Fox Sparrow, Tennessee Warbler, Gray-cheeked Thrush, and Common Yellowthroat.

Notes: First Fox Sparrow of the season. Major increase in Swamp Sparrow. Still a good number of Blackpolls in the area but most have been here for a while (banded 3 new and recaptured 19). Major cold front coming in over night.

Weather: Winds Northwest. Temperature in the 40s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Pictured: White-eyed Vireo

- Number of Birds Banded: 115
- Number of Recaptures: 86
- Number of Species Banded: 16 (+5 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: White-throated Sparrow 19 (+12 recap), Hermit Thrush 19 (+22 recap), Myrtle Warbler 16 (+1 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14 (+6 recap), and Blackpoll Warbler 12 (+21 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 31
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 53
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 3 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.5

Highlights: Field Sparrow, White-eyed Vireo, and Rusty Blackbird.

Notes: Good movement of Myrtle Warbler, Hermit Thrush, and kinglets today. A lot of stopover occurring.

Weather: Winds Northwest. Temperature in the 50s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Pictured: Red-breasted Nuthatch

- Number of Birds Banded: 137
- Number of Recaptures: 65
- Number of Species Banded: 21 (+7 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Myrtle Warbler 50 (+1 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27 (+12 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 10 (+3 recap), White-throated Sparrow 10 (+6 recap), and Blackpoll Warbler 9 (+18 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 26
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 49
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 4 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.5

Highlights: White-eyed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Waterthrush, and Rusty Blackbird.

Notes: Good movement of Myrtle Warbler and kinglets today. Season’s first White-eyed Vireo and first capture of Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Weather: Winds West. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Monday, October 12, 2015
Pictured: Carolina Wren

- Number of Birds Banded: 72
- Number of Recaptures: 48
- Number of Species Banded: 22 (+2 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Golden-crowned Kinglet 13 (+3 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9 (+3 recap), Blackpoll Warbler 8 (+14 recap), Myrtle Warbler 6 (+1 recap), and White-throated Sparrow 6.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 24
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 47
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 5 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)

- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 5.5

Highlights: Northern Parula and Carolina Wren.

Notes: Southerly breeze has things slow on the ridges.

Weather: Winds South. Temperature in the 70s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2015
Pictured: Orange-crowned Warbler

- Number of Birds Banded: 184
- Number of Recaptures: 40
- Number of Species Banded: 26 (+6 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Ruby-crowned Kinglet 46, Golden-crowned Kinglet 23, Hermit Thrush 20 (+10 recap), Blackpoll Warbler 16 (+11 recap), and White-throated Sparrow 14 (+4 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 29
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 62
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 10 (27 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.0

Highlights: Orange-crowned Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Hairy Woodpecker, and considerable Pine Siskin movement.

Notes: First Orange-crowned Warbler for the season.

Weather: Winds Northwest. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Friday, October 9, 2015
Pictured: Pine Siskin

- Number of Birds Banded: 109
- Number of Recaptures: 41
- Number of Species Banded: 26 (+5 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Blackpoll Warbler 21 (+14 recap), Myrtle Warbler 12, Hermit Thrush 10 (+8 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9 (+3 recap), White-throated Sparrow 8, and Cedar Waxwing 8.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 24
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 54
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 8 (26 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.75

Highlights: Cape May Warbler, Wood Thrush, and first captured Pine Siskins for the season.

Notes: Good variety with lots of Pine Siskins, Cedar Waxwings, and American Robins moving.

Weather: Winds Northwest. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2015
Pictured: Slate-colored Junco

- Number of Birds Banded: 119
- Number of Recaptures: 25
- Number of Species Banded: 24 (+6 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Hermit Thrush 24 (+3 recap), White-throated Sparrow 16, Golden-crowned Kinglet 11, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10, and Blackpoll Warbler 9 (+5 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 28
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 57
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 7 (26 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.5

Highlights: Marsh Wren, American Redstart, Slate-colored Junco, Rusty Blackbird, and large number of Pine Siskins flying over in diurnal migration.

Notes: Winds changed to SE and reduced the bird activity on the ridge. Swainson’s and Gray-cheeked Thrushes dropping off as Hermit Thrush increases.

Weather: Winds Southeast. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Pictured: Marsh Wren and Northern Parula

Marsh Wren

Northern Parula

- Number of Birds Banded: 253
- Number of Recaptures: 29
- Number of Species Banded: 33 (+1 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Myrtle Warbler 69, Blackpoll Warbler 32 (+13 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 28, Hermit Thrush 22 (+1 recap), and White-throated Sparrow 20 (+2 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: -
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 70
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 12 (26 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 7.0

Highlights: Marsh Wren, Northern Parula, Western Palm Warbler, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Rusty Blackbird, and large number of Pine Siskins flying over in diurnal migration.

Notes: Highest day of diversity this season. Major change from yesterday. Major switch from Swainson’s Thrush to Hermit Thrush as dominant thrush species. Big increase in Myrtle Warbler, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, and kinglets today. American Robin and Rusty Blackbird migration starting to pick up as well.

Weather: Winds Northwest. Temperature in the 50s – 60s.

COYE Aging/Sexing Techniques

A major objective of our migration monitoring project is to better understand the timing of migration and how well these migrants are doing while at this stopover site. In addition, as banders we are always trying to improve our skills in aging and sexing species that pass through the station.

While the process of skulling or looking at the pneumatization of the skull makes for a generally definitive aging tool, some circumstances--weather conditions, number of birds waiting to be banded, and lighting conditions to "see" the windows in the skull of Hatch Year (HY) birds--can make this method sub-optimal. Use of plumage characteristics has become a more reliable alternative with many advantages. 

Returning birds of known age and sex can make for a valuable comparison tool, as well as providing useful characteristics of aging and or sexing individual species.  Here are a few examples of known-aged Common Yellowthroats (COYE).

COYE banded August 21, 2013 as a HY of unknown sex.
Recaptured on September 26, 2015 as an AHY female.

COYE Banded September 13, 2011 as HY Unknown
Recaptured on September 27, 2015 as an AHY male
Note the bill color is dark signifying an AHY bird

Common Yellowthroat underside bill colors
HY bill on left and AHY on right
Note the darkness to the AHY bill

Tail shape can assist in aging some species, including COYE.
Left is HY bird with more pointed tips to the retrices.
Right is more truncate or rounded retrices of an AHY bird.

To properly age a bird, a bander utilizes multiple pieces of information to build a picture. There are a series of consistencies that include feather wear and shape (especially the primary coverts and alula), culmen coloration, and rectice shape. Becoming familiar with the molt patterns and timing of your target species can allow for more precise ageing of many species and provide detailed information for life cycle management of this valuable natural resource.

As a note. there are always exceptions to every rule. For warblers, the Prothonotary Warbler bill coloration differences appear to be reversed for the age classes, with AHY bills presenting much lighter and pinkish in color. Banding is a constant learning process, but there are so many rewards--for us and for the birds. The better we understand species demographics the better we can ensure their future.

The Navarre / Blackpoll Warbler Connection

Weather has really been a big story for migration this fall. A high pressure sitting over the Great Lakes the last third of September has stalled movement through the region. Other reports indicate a major movement off the western side of Lake Superior which may be a result of all the northeast wind we have encountered. Little early presence of the typical October species has occurred except for Winter Wren, with more than 10 banded in late September.
Navarre has been the site of many returning BLPWs during the fall migration season over the years, and this year is no exception. As of the first of October, we have encountered two Blackpolls previously banded in 2014. One was a Hatching Year (HY) bird banded on September 20, 2014 and captured again on September 27, 2015 as an After Hatching Year (AHY) male. The other Blackpoll was banded in Navarre on October 3, 2014 and returned to the same stopover site on September 28, this year.  This puts great emphasis on the value of the Lake Erie Marsh region, arguably the most important stopover site for migrating Blackpoll Warblers in fall. 

Fall Blackpoll Warbler 

A big question has always centered on how many birds migrate through any area. While this is extremely difficult to determine for songbirds, the Blackpoll recaptures have offered a small window into this important question. Accepting a few very big assumptions, we have used the simplest of mark-recapture analysis tools (the Lincoln Index) to assess that volume. So far, using the recaptures, the number banded last year, and the number banded this year a point estimate of ~ 340,000 Blackpolls have passed along the beach ridge of Navarre this fall. Applying an approximate figure for the percentage of the stopover habitat Navarre represents to the marsh region, and you come up with nearly 7 million of these winged wonders visiting the Warbler Capital of the World so far this fall.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Pictured: Winter Wren

- Number of Birds Banded: 50
- Number of Recaptures: 16
- Number of Species Banded: 14 (+4 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Golden-crowned Kinglet 9, Common Grackle 9, White-throated Sparrow 7, Swainson’s Thrush 7 (+3 recap), and Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 (+2 recap).


- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 27
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 52
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 7 (26 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.0

Highlights: Magnolia Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, and large number of Pine Siskins flying over in diurnal migration.

Notes: Considerable reduction in birds from yesterday.

Weather: Winds South-Southeast. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Monday, October 5, 2015
Pictured: Bay-breasted Warbler

- Number of Birds Banded: 90
- Number of Recaptures: 28
- Number of Species Banded: 22 (+4 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Golden-crowned Kinglet 23 (+4 recap), White-throated Sparrow 17, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9, Blackpoll Warbler 8 (+7 recap), and American Robin 6.


- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 30
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 62
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 9 (26 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.5

Highlights: Bay-breasted Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Eastern Phoebe.

Notes: Wind starting to shift south this morning. Major increase in kinglets and a reduction in stopover birds.

Weather: Winds South-Southeast. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Sunday, October 4, 2015
Pictured: Brown Creeper

- Number of Birds Banded: 84
- Number of Recaptures: 59
- Number of Species Banded: 22 (+6 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Blackpoll Warbler 19 (+25 recap), Swainson’s Thrush 12 (+10 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12 (+1 recap), White-throated Sparrow 8, and Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 (+2 recap).

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 23
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 60
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 11 (26 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 5.75

Highlights: Northern Parula. Brown Creeper, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Swamp Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, and sightings of Rusty Blackbird, Pine Siskin, and Slate-colored Junco.

Notes: Wind has finally let up a little, resulting in a lot more bird movement. Still heavy stopover with the unfavorable easterly winds. Season's first Northern Parula was a nice sighting.

Weather: Winds Southeast. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Friday, October 2, 2015
Pictured: Golden-crowned Kinglet, Female (L) and Male (R)

- Number of Birds Banded: 45
- Number of Recaptures: 22
- Number of Species Banded: 15 (+4 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Blackpoll Warbler 16 (+9 recap), Swainson’s Thrush 6 (+2 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 (+1 recap), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4, and White-throated Sparrow 3.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 20
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 42
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 6 (25 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 4.5

Highlights: Blue-headed Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, and sightings of Eastern Towhee and Slate-colored Junco.

Notes: Lot of stopover with the Northeast winds.

Weather: Winds Northeast. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2015
Pictured: Blue-headed Vireo

- Number of Birds Banded: 71
- Number of Recaptures: 35
- Number of Species Banded: 20 (+2 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Blackpoll Warbler 26 (+13 recap), Swainson’s Thrush 6 (+5 recap), Golden-crowned Kinglet 6, Tennessee Warbler 4 (+2 recap), Gray-cheeked Thrush 4 (+6 recap), White-throated Sparrow 4, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4.


- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 14
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 41
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 9 (25 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.0

Highlights: Blue-headed Vireo, House Wren, Northern Waterthrush, and Brown Creeper.

Notes: Lot of stopover with the Northeast winds.

Weather: Winds Northeast. Temperature in the 60s.