Brian Rapoza led a Tropical Audubon Society walk to Cape Florida on Sunday, and they got lucky when a Sharp-shinned hawk was captured while they were in the area. Here Marty holds the bird for people to look at and photograph.
This is a young female Sharpie, the smaller of the two accipiters commonly seen in south Florida. Their yellow eyes make for an intense stare.
Martina releases the bird. Perhaps she will end up on the Florida Keys Hawkwatch tally!
Rangel Diaz with the pliers! He is banding his first bird, a Prairie warbler.
Here are a couple of portraits of common but beautiful birds. We have not captured too many Northern mockingbirds since they prefer more open areas than the hardwood hammock most of the nets are in. The two ‘outside’ nets were responsible for most of the captures today as Western palm warblers and Common yellowthroats were a majority of the birds that stopped at Cape Florida this morning.
This female Rose-breasted grosbeak is looking for another juicy finger to bite. This is only the second of this species that we have banded since 2008.
Barb Center with an adult female Painted bunting.
Weird empidonax flycatchers at Barnes, everything at Curry Hammock, meh!
We got Common yellowthroats!!!!
Today’s banding totals: 40 birds of 11 species
Common yellowthroat: 15
Western palm warbler: 7
Black-throated blue warbler: 3
Black & white warbler: 3
American redstart: 3
Ovenbird: 3
Gray catbird: 2
Northern mockingbird: 1
Northern parula: 1
Worm-eating warbler: 1
Painted bunting: 1