Young Male Redstart

Singing Male Redstart

AMRE

Only a couple of these adult male American Redstarts have been caught in the last decade, not bad.

Labor days

One of two Great Crested Flycatchers caught this season.


Nearly all of the Black-and-white Warblers caught this fall have been young females such as this one.


An American Redstart of undetermined sex.

Trail's caught today

Best day yet for raptors, 78 at the main blind with Frank. Slower day for songbirds, but still close to 80.

End of the day Northern Harrier at Paine Farm







Male Kestrel


Male Magnolia


Male Redstart

Oaktown again

Back in Oakland once again, prepping for our trek NORTH to Quincy/Meadow Valley for the summer. It's fun to see these folk again, feels like a second home. Charlottesville was great, cool town and beautiful surroundings. Special thanks to Jim, Bee, Carol, and Barbara for the great visit. We made it out for some birding, and though we did not find too much due to wind, there were some species I hadn't seen for a long while.

First thing in the morning we ran into this little guy running across the road to join its mother and fellow cub. Couldn't get anything better than this:


American Redstarts were singing all over the place


As were the Eastern Towhees


Ovenbird, singing in plain view for us too

Hawk weekend

This past weekend was "Hawk Weekend" up at the ridge, which basically means that tons of people come to hear talks and stare into the sky. I promptly left for the cities for the evening, missing most of the "fun." Slow goin' otherwise, but we're starting to catch more adult shins, which can be interesting. From their molts we're able to distinguish between hatch year (HY), second year (SY), and after second year (ASY) birds.

Here's an SY bird



An immature male american redstart recovering from a stressful bout in the nets