A slow start turned into a good morning after the air warmed and the insects began to move about. We captured 21 birds. Highlights were a pair of Pine Warblers and a male Chestnut-sided Warbler. You can see photos from the banding station at http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtecostudies/sets/72157617603559357/ Thanks go out to the following volunteers - Peg Ackerson, Spencer Hardy and Doug Hardy (especially for the muffins!) The checklist of birds was recorded at the station and entered in Vermont eBird. You can always see the complete list and more at http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/GuideMe?src=changeDate&getLocations=hotspots&hotspots=L691522&parentState=US-VT&reportType=location&monthRadio=on&bMonth=01&eMonth=12&bYear=2009&eYear=2009&continue.x=58&continue.y=17&continue=Continue This week the banding station will be open on Wed. and Saturday, during the annual Montshire Museum of Science Ephemeral Zoo (http://www.montshire.org/events.html). Location: Montshire Museum of Science - Quinn Preserve Observation date: 5/3/09 Notes: Red Squirrel -2, Chipmunk-1, Beaver-1, Woodchuck-1 Number of species: 36 Canada Goose 4 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 6 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4 Pine Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt) -- Kent McFarland Vermont Center for Ecostudies PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055 802.649.1431 http://www.vtecostudies.org/ **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************