Welcome! The first post of my summer blog dedicated to telling my bird banding stories, but it will mostly be pictures because I am lazy and sleepy most of the time. Perhaps because of the hours of my employment - 1/2 hour before sunrise is the start time and it only gets earlier until June 21. Even though I wake up with the birds, I feel very blessed to have this job. I could not have designed better myself: experience with bird handling and identification, in a beautiful location, but close enough to see my lovely husband at least once a week, and I'm working with a great girl, Allicia. And lots of variety in the position as you will see...
This first posting will be a doosy since I have already been working for a few weeks and we have done many things. Enjoy!
First catches of the season: a young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a tiny male Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and, very rare in the area, a Brown Creeper.
Attempting to catch tree swallows by luring them with feathers (which they use for nests).
Extracting birds from the mist net.
Myself (with a Dark-eyed Junco) and Allicia (with a Myrtle Warbler).
Banding a Clay-colored Sparrow.
View of the lab.
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