We had to close the nets around 1030 this morning when a big thunderstorm blossomed over us, but we had our best day of the season so far with 30 new birds banded of nine species. A weak front is working its way down the state and birds were moving with it.
This is our first Prothonotary warbler of the year, a first-year female. Below is an adult male Black-and-white warbler next to a first year male.
New captures for August 25:
American redstart: 11
Black-and-white warbler: 6
Worm-eating warbler: 4
Northern waterthrush: 2
Prairie warbler: 2
Swainson’s warbler: 2
Prothonotary warbler: 1
Common ground-dove: 1
Northern cardinal: 1
The prothonotary is so beautiful!!