The birds continued to pour down the Florida peninsula and with rain in the area overnight, many more of them landed. Today we had our busiest day so far with 89 new captures, 2 returns and 6 recaptures. The 11 new Worm-eating warblers tied our previous high of 162 set in 2016. There should be a few more around to break that record, although I doubt we will band 200 of them.
The weather maps show a secondary front moving down the peninsula and running into the stalled rainy boundary so hopefully it will encourage more birds tonight. Banding in October can be so exciting. Now all we need is a little weirdness to spice up the species total.
| SPECIES | NEW | RETURN | RECAP |
| Chuck-will’s widow | 2 | – | – |
| Acadian flycatcher | 1 | – | – |
| White-eyed vireo | – | – | 1 |
| Red-eyed vireo | 2 | – | – |
| Swainson’s thrush | 8 | – | – |
| Blue-gray gnatcatcher | – | 1 | – |
| Northern parula | 2 | – | – |
| Prairie warbler | 1 | – | 1 |
| American redstart | 21 | – | 1 |
| Black-throated blue warbler | 9 | – | – |
| Black & white warbler | 8 | – | – |
| Northern waterthrush | 2 | – | – |
| Ovenbird | 11 | – | 2 |
| Swainson’s warbler | 3 | – | – |
| Worn-eating warbler | 11 | – | – |
| Common yellowthroat | 7 | – | 1 |
| Northern cardinal | – | 1 | – |
| Painted bunting | 1 | – | – |
| # BIRDS CAPTURED | # SPECIES | # NETS | NET HOURS | CAPTURE RATE (BIRDS/100NH) | |
| DAILY TOTAL | 91 | 15 | 23 | 185.75 | 52.22 |
| SEASON TOTAL | 1091 | 36 | 23 | 5727.55 | 21.28 |