Nine warbler net run

Top row: American Redstart, Yellow-breasted Chat, Black-and-white
Middle row: Tennessee, Prothonotary, Black-throated Blue

Bottom row:Northern Parula, Magnolia, Common Yellowthroat

Today turned out to be a bit better than expected. With no cold front in the forecast, I was expecting this week to be extremely slow. So it came as a surprise when on our 7:30am netrun we caught 30 birds, of which we had nine different species of warblers. Although not unheard of here, it was just our best (most diverse) net run of the season. By the end of the morning, we had banded 44 birds composed of 21 species! Not too shabby! And we caught two species we catch very few of in a season, Tennessee and Prothonotary Warblers. The station has been averaging about 0.75 Prothonotary a season over the last decade. So some years we miss them totally.