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