Another potential big capture day this Friday but only 4 experienced team members plus a small breeze in the beginning that picked up shortly made us cautious.Like always, birds were actively feeding in the grasses, weeds and along the marsh to the point we only opened 8 nets. After 3 net runs, we already had 47 extractions keeping us nonstop busy extracting, ageing, sexing, banding and recording until the breeze was blowing the nets around to the point we closed by 10:45 am.What was surprising was the 1st net run, we had captured 6 different species we didn't catch Wes when we caught 71 birds [15 species]. One surprise was a Purple Finch that we rarely catch - otherdifferent species were Hermit Thrush, Blue Jay, C Yellowthroat, Chickadee & Titmouse.Otherwise, the large majority caught were Goldfinch, Wht-thr Sparrows, Juncos & House Finches, Yellow-rumped Warblers plus a few Cardinals, Chipping SparrowsNow daily the Rusty Blackbirds are calling & perching near the nets teasing us.Sat. morning will have little wind, maybe a little cloud cover which bodes for a very busy day. Strickland Wheelock Uxbridge MA
