Possum Long Banding is still on vacation but we hope to resume on February 14. Keep watching this site for updates and times.
Painted Bunting banding took a short break but we are back underway. We banded at PB 59 but though we saw the Painted Buntings there, we just didn't catch any. This sometimes happens. We did band 2 Common Grackles.
Sunday, January 22, we visited a new host (PB 66) on the west coast of Florida. We had high hopes of our first bunting from "out west" but once again they were seen but not captured. We did band 10 Red-winged Blackbirds and a Common Grackles. The blackbirds gave us a great opportunity to age this species.
Red-winged Blackbird (ASY) male
Red-winged Blackbird
(l) SY female, (r) ASY female
Today we were much more fortunate when we revisited PB 32 and banded 2 male and one green Painted Buntings. Also there were quite a few Indigo Buntings at this site. We banded 5 and recaptured one that had been banded at this site last year. The male Indigos are turning more blue every day but a lot of it is still hidden until we spread the wings. We also banded an Ovenbird, a Northern Mockingbird, 3 Northern Cardinals, and a Mourning Dove.
Ovenbird
Indigo Bunting (male)
Indigo Bunting (female)
I will be giving a lecture at the Blake Library (2351 SE Monterey Rd. Stuart, FL) on February 2, from 6-7 pm. I will be giving an overview of our research project from basics to results. Hope to see you there.
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