The strong east winds continue and they will be with us for the last 4 days we are open, with rain chances picking up by the weekend. This will likely keep us from having any more busy days, but we can always go for quality. And today delivered as the 19 new birds banded were of 11 species, including a Wilson’s warbler! This species is an extremely abundant migrant across the West but is rare in Florida. We have only banded 6 in the past 18 years. And it is too bad that the genus Wilsonia is no longer a thing, because otherwise we would’ve gotten a hat trick with Hooded, Canada and Wilson’s warblers this year. Here is a photo gallery of some of today’s beauties.
Left: Wilson’s warbler (Brian Cammarano); Middle top: Black & white warbler, Bottom: Painted bunting; Right: White-eyed vireo (all Steffanie Munguia)
| SPECIES | NEW | RETURN | RECAP |
| White-eyed vireo | 1 | – | 1 |
| Gray catbird | 4 | – | – |
| Swainson’s thrush | 2 | – | – |
| Blue-gray gnatcatcher | 1 | – | – |
| Black-throated blue warbler | 3 | – | 1 |
| Black & white warbler | 1 | – | – |
| American redstart | 2 | – | 1 |
| Myrtle warbler | 1 | – | – |
| Western palm warbler | 1 | – | – |
| Northern waterthrush | – | – | 1 |
| Wilson’s warbler | 1 | – | – |
| Painted bunting | 2 | – | – |
| # BIRDS CAPTURED | # SPECIES | # NETS | NET HOURS | CAPTURE RATE (BIRDS/100NH) | |
| DAILY TOTAL | 19 | 11 | 22 | 128 | 17.19 |
| SEASON TOTAL | 2279 | 53 | 23 | 9787.8 | 27.04 |