(Oct 29) The bird of the day was definitely this female Connecticut warbler, our third for the season. We have only banded 6 other Connecticuts during the fall between 2002 and 2019, so to catch three in one year is quite notable and is probably an indicator of large-scale weather patterns shifting the offshore Atlantic migrants in to the coast. This could also explain the 10 Blackpolls we have also banded in 2020, and the fact that our species diversity is lower in spite of a respectable overall count of birds. Fewer species leave the Northeast and do the long flight straight through to the Antilles/South America, while far more species migrate west of us and cross the Gulf on their way to Central America.
two views of today’s Connecticut warbler (photos by Brian Cammarano)
Two more days until a cold(ish) front! It is still on schedule to pass Friday sometime.
| SPECIES | NEW | RETURN | RECAP |
| Gray catbird | 3 | – | – |
| American redstart | 2 | – | 2 |
| Black-throated blue warbler | 3 | – | – |
| Black & white warbler | 1 | – | – |
| Ovenbird | – | – | 1 |
| Connecticut warbler | 1 | – | – |
| Common yellowthroat | 1 | – | 1 |
| Painted bunting | 5 | – | 1 |
| # BIRDS CAPTURED | # SPECIES | # NETS | NET HOURS | CAPTURE RATE (BIRDS/100NH) | |
| DAILY TOTAL | 16 | 7 | 22 | 125.5 | 16.73 |
| SEASON TOTAL | 2152 | 50 | 23 | 9193.55 | 27.27 |