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September 2001:30 Sept: Banded the first Fox Sparrow of the year (tied for an early date), and two more Winter Wrens. A Northern Parula seen near the lake was a new late date for this species.
29 Sept: We banded our first Winter Wren of the season, and there were lots of kinglets around. We saw our first fall Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
28 Sept: The first Dark-eyed Juncos hit town.
27 Sept: Finally got to open the nets after all the rain, and had our first White-crowned and Lincoln's Sparrows. Other interesting birds included another Purple Finch and an Indigo Bunting (hard to find this late in fall). Palm Warblers seem to be on the move.
26 Sept: The Osprey is still present as of this morning.
24 Sept: An Osprey was fishing in the drizzle on Fairlane Lake.
23 Sept: The only new migrant species banded today was Swamp Sparrow, but we netted 4 Philadelphia Vireos, bringing our fall total to 12 (fall average is 3, highest previous total 8). Gray-cheeked Thrushes also seem to be on the move. Hard to come by in the fall are Northern Parula warblers, but one and possibly two were seen today. The first Golden-crowned Kinglet of the season was also sighted.
22 Sept: Another Cape May Warbler is banded today...a nice looking one, along with another Purple Finch. The first fall Blue-headed Vireo was seen today.
20 Sept: A Northern Mockingbird is found in the brush dump on campus near Evergreen Road.
17 Sept: It really must be autumn: We sighted our first Yellow-rumped Warblers and banded our first Purple Finch for the season today.
16 Sept: Today we banded the first fall White-throated Sparrow, and also banded a young Sharp-shinned Hawk.
14 Sept: The first Ruby-crowned Kinglet sets a new early date for fall.
Banding totals for the week of 9-13 Sept: 147 birds plus 66 recaps. 29 species; highlights 2 Connecticut Warblers, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler. 13 Sept: Today we banded a few more species that are unusual in fall: a Golden-winged Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler and our 3rd Connecticut Warbler of the fall.
12 Sept: We had quite a few Nashville Warblers and Swainson's Thrushes today, and banded a Blue-winged Warbler, an uncommon fall species.
9 Sept: Our second Connecticut Warbler of the fall was banded today, and we had sightings of our first Black-throated Green Warblers.
5 Sept: The only new species for the season banded today was Palm Warbler.
4 Sept: A good movement of warblers today, with twelve species banded, including our first fall Connecticut and Bay-breasted Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, as well as Philadelphia Vireo.
Last month's sightings. More Archived sightings are listed below
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Archived sightings
