Blackpoll Warbler

PEFA

80 songbirds in 3ish hours this morning.
Two N.A. year firsts for me:
Blackpoll Warbler


Northern Waterthrush


My first PEFA sighting and handling of the fall, possibly the last, caught by Chris late in the day.

Manomet

This fall Patrick has been volunteering at the Manomet banding station in Eastern Mass., so this past Monday and Tuesday I went with him to check the place out and had a great time, with some great birds.  Just like the Palomarin station, they have a sweet set up with many great ocean views and awesome on-site housing for interns.  Unlike Palo, they run 50 nets.  While a lot of the birds we caught in the two days I was there are not too uncommon, many were firsts for me, especially in hand.  For the most part we had catbirds and tufted titmice but also a few robins, a couple of red-eyed vireos, some blackpolls, a Connecticut warbler, a mourning warbler, a downy, a flicker, and most excitingly, a worm-eating warbler!  Cool birds, and what seems like a really awesome place to work and learn.  Thanks Patrick (and Manomet banders)!


Patrick weighing a bird


A crazy sea worm we found on the beach, any ideas on what it is?



Yellow-shafted flicker


Mourning warbler


Connecticut warbler


Worm-eating warbler


Red-eyed vireo


Blackpoll