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We banded the 308th American redstart today, breaking the Cape Florida record of 307 set in 2006. Redstarts are all […]

New birds came in last night despite the uninspiring-looking radar and due southerly winds. The treetops were full of Northern

Yet another 30something day with more diversity than we get on some 150-bird days. Our first Western palm warbler and

We are currently in a rut, but it is an interesting rut at least. 31 more new birds were banded

The daily numbers of captures are slowing down and a greater percentage of the totals are recaptures as the week

We banded another Connecticut warbler today; the first time in 18 fall seasons that we have caught more than one.

Today continued with a similar species composition to yesterday, minus 100 extra Black-throated blues and American redstarts. Another Yellow-billed cuckoo

226 new of 26 species; 235 of 28 species if recaptures are included. ‘Nuff said. SPECIES NEW RETURN RECAP Cooper’s

We all converged at Cape Florida early this morning and were greeted by steady rain, so we waited until it

The birds continued to pour down the Florida peninsula and with rain in the area overnight, many more of them