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Today was our warmest day at the station; we didn't need the heater at all! Our thermometer read 65.6F when we closed the nets for the day. Despite the glorious weather, capture rates remained low. We only captured three birds today (two Common Redpolls and one Dark-eyed Junco). However, we did have the opportunity to observe two different birds escaping from our nets. This is likely a common occurrence, but something we don't often see.
We were lucky to have the good fortune to share one of our captures with a school field trip today. Tait, a banding apprentice, shared a Dark-eyed Junco that was originally banded in the spring of 2018 (May 11th). It's only been a few days shy of a year since we last saw him! Last year we were unable to determine whether he was male or female; this year we solved the mystery!
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