Birds in This Story
Black-throated Green Warbler
Latin: Setophaga virens
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Latin: Setophaga caerulescens
Song Sparrow
Latin: Melospiza melodia
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Latin: Setophaga pensylvanica
Cedar Waxwing
Latin: Bombycilla cedrorum
Veery
Latin: Catharus fuscescens
Canada Warbler
Latin: Cardellina canadensis
Wood Thrush
Latin: Hylocichla mustelina
Mourning Warbler
Latin: Geothlypis philadelphia
The Green Mountain Audubon Center bird banding station has caught a number of new species this year.
Black-throated Blue and Green warblers, Mourning Warbler, Wood Thrush are often heard in other parts of the Audubon Center but rarely find their way into our mist nests. A Canada Warbler, not caught at the banding station in more than 20 years, was also caught in 2018. The nets have also been full of our regulars like Veery, Song Sparrow, Chestnust-sided Warbler and Cedar Waxwing.
The bird banding station is part of the continent-wide Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivoirship (MAPS) Program. Now in its 22nd year the banding station is run by staff biologist Mark LaBarr, a federally licensed bird bander. The station will be run for the last time this summer on August 7th. For more information go to http://vt.audubon.org/events/banding-and-birding-2
