Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Pictured: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

- Number of Birds Banded: 127
- Number of Recaptures: 25
- Number of Species Banded: 24 (+3 recap only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Blackpoll Warbler 53 (+7 recap), Swainson’s Thrush 17 (+5 recap), Tennessee Warbler 11, Gray-cheeked Thrush 7 (+5 recap), and Myrtle Warbler 5.


- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 17
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 45
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 11 (25 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.5

Highlights: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cape May Warbler, Least Flycatcher, and Lincoln’s Sparrow.

Notes: Weather change over night has made a lot of bird community changes. Kinglets increased along with Hermit Thrush and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

Weather: Winds Northeast. Temperature in the 60s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Pictured: Connecticut Warbler

- Number of Birds Banded: 197
- Number of Recaptures: 18
- Number of Species Banded: 22
- Top Five Species Banded: Blackpoll Warbler 77 (+5 recap), Myrtle Warbler 23, Swainson’s Thrush 22 (+4 recap), Tennessee Warbler 14, and Magnolia Warbler 13.

- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 20
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 52
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 15 (25 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 6.5

Highlights: Connecticut Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cape May Warbler, Western Palm Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Hermit Thrush

Notes: Increase in Blackpolls moving ahead of a front coming in today. Increase in Myrtle, Magnolia, Tennessee, and Cape May warblers as well.

Weather: Winds West-northwest. Temperature in the 70s.

Daily Update: Navarre Marsh Banding Station
Date: Monday, September 28, 2015
Pictured: Blackpoll Warbler

- Number of Birds Banded: 107
- Number of Recaptures: 20
- Number of Species Banded: 17 (+1 recapture only)
- Top Five Species Banded: Blackpoll Warbler 69 (+6 recap), Swainson’s Thrush 7 (+2 recap), Common Yellowthroat 6 (+4 recap), Gray-cheeked Thrush 4 (+1 recap), Downy Woodpecker 3, Gray Catbird 3 (+4 recap), and Tennessee Warbler 3.


- Total Number of Species on Point Count: 27
- Total Number of Species Recorded: 46
- Total Number of Warbler Species Recorded: 9 (25 plus Brewster’s for fall)
- Total Number of Hours Station Operated: 5.67

Highlights: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Pine Siskin (fly-over).

Notes: Increase in Blackpolls moving ahead of a front due tomorrow. Another banded Blackpoll Warbler was captured that was originally banded as an After Hatching-Year female on 4 October 2014 at Navarre.

Weather: Winds South. Temperature in the 70s.