Blues and buntings

We seem to be in a rut but at least we are catching something. Warm weather and east winds continue, driving the current migrants inland where many Black-throated blue warblers and a Bay-breasted or two were seen by local birders. A little surge of Painted buntings also came in, and I was greeted with 4 new arrivals at the tube feeder at my house.

SPECIES	NEW	RETURN	RECAP
Gray catbird	1	–	–
Northern parula	1	–	–
American redstart	2	–	2
Black-throated blue warbler	8	–	2
Northern waterthrush	1	–	–
Ovenbird	1	–	1
Worm-eating warbler	1	–	–
Common yellowthroat	1	–	–
Painted bunting	3	–	–

	# BIRDS CAPTURED	# SPECIES	# NETS	NET HOURS	CAPTURE RATE (BIRDS/100NH)
DAILY TOTAL	19	9	22	104.5	22.97
SEASON TOTAL	2136	50	23	9068.05	27.41