The last we read on the weather channel was today was going to be wet. Tired banders always greet the dawn with a certain amount of ambivalence . Rain means more sleep and no birds which is sad but sleep is so appealing. The morning revealed clouds and the threat of rain but no rain!!! Off we went and before we knew it we had nets up and 70 birds for 7 hours of effort . It was raining all around the marsh but whilke we had a few sprinkles we made out alright and found 2 beautiful common yellow throats and a savannah sparrow in the net as well as 19 other species.

savannah sparrow note the yellow eyebrow is much longer than the short yellow on the lores of a white throat

a white throaat for comparison

 

 Before I feel the pull of a comfy bed I wanted to thank the two people that are making this all happen our bander in charge  Chris sukah and our banding intern Nicole richardson

Chris Sukah

Nicole Richardson

More bird tales to follow