Made it off the island

Off the island now, in Oakland, packing away, about to settle catan, sleep, then 12 hours of flying to HK with AG!

I will leave you with this Peregrine eaten gull


HUVI, sorry Mark.


And some more sunny (living) gulls

10 birds today, 7 species.

First thing today we caught our first olive-sided flycatcher of the season. I guess we only catch a few of these a year, so purty cool. Very snappy.




And a Hutton's vireo

Huvi

Hutton's Vireo, common here, but we don't catch a ton.


They look a lot like ruby crowned kinglets, but a more hooked bill, fatter heads and huge eyes.

HUVI:


COMPARED TO

RCKI:

Pine Gulch

Today was my first day at one of our three offsites (not located right where we live). It was about ten minutes away, located right along the Bolinas Lagoon. It was a beautiful day, we caught a huge variety, and bigger numbers than since I've been here. We got an American robin, a hutton's vireo, a bewick's wren, a winter wren, a few ruby crowned kinglets, a sharp shinned hawk, a couple fox sparrows, a couple song sparrows, a pine siskin, and five anna's hummingbirds.

Joe measuring the robin


hutton's vireo


male anna's hummbirds






The view from the banding spot