Today exactly 50% of the new captures were Gray catbirds, including this guy/gal banded in 2019 who is returning to spend the winter at Cape Florida. Catbirds dominated the early to mid-morning net runs, but as the day progressed more species appeared in the nets. This is a fairly common phenomenon and could be caused by a number of reasons such as new birds coming in later in the morning or birds already in the woods moving lower to net level to avoid the midday heat or the stream of raptors overhead.
Whatever the cause, the Wednesday crew started a warbler speed dating service, but with predictable results:
We’ll have to try again in spring.
| SPECIES | NEW | RETURN | RECAP |
| Gray catbird | 22 | 1 | – |
| Northern parula | 2 | – | – |
| Magnolia warbler | 1 | – | 1 |
| American redstart | 4 | – | 3 |
| Black-throated blue warbler | 3 | – | – |
| Ovenbird | 1 | – | – |
| Worm-eating warbler | 1 | – | 1 |
| Western palm warbler | 2 | – | – |
| Common yellowthroat | 6 | – | – |
| Painted bunting | 1 | – | – |
| Northern cardinal | 1 | – | – |
| # BIRDS CAPTURED | # SPECIES | # NETS | NET HOURS | CAPTURE RATE (BIRDS/100NH) | |
| DAILY TOTAL | 44 | 11 | 23 | 118 | 42.37 |
| SEASON TOTAL | 1768 | 47 | 23 | 7451.55 | 27.26 |