Unusual species to start the Fall 2017 banding season

Our first day open turned out to be a nice day for mid-August, with 9 birds of 5 species banded. The very first bird out of a net was this Kentucky warbler, a species we usually only catch 1 to 3 times a year. Other birds on the move right now include Worm-eating warbler, Black & white warbler, Ovenbird, Northern waterthrush, American redstart and Red-eyed vireo. The numbers remain low, although we are hoping for some interesting weather interactions later on this week involving a weak front and a tropical wave. The unsettled weather could get some migrants to stopover in our area. We will see!