Red-eyed Vireo bill deformity

This poor young Red-eyed Vireo has a bit of a bill deformity.  Though it looks bad, the bird seemed otherwise as healthy as could be, meaning it's able to find food easily enough.  Finding a mate next summer could be a different story.

Plum Island (2)

No owl banding last night due to weather conditions, but I should be up and running tonight if the winds cooperate.

A few birds from Plum Island.

Red-eyed Vireo


Sanderling working on a kelp fly?


Eastern Kingbird
 

REVI

A resident Rey-eyed Vireo in the yard.

CO->MN->MA->VT

A Marmot, surrounded by hidden, chirping Pika near Crested Butte, CO!


A depressed House Sparrow at a Minneapolis light rail station


Red-eyed Vireo in Leverett, MA in July

Red-eyed

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

Incidental

Red eyed vireo in the nets


Common nighthawk again. Very creepy.