Even with the breeze, sunny skies, 5 of us were straight out extracting, ageing, sexing, recording & banding 74 captures - our high number after recently banding 71 birds. Flocks of birds were moving about nonstop from the beginning - 1st net check had 18 captures in the 7 open nets - next check one net had 20 netted. We feel lucky that today and other recent days have not been overcast and little wind because our captures would be crazy numbers.The large majority were Goldfinches followed by Juncos, Wht-thr Sparrow - in the mix where Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-cr Kinglets, Field & Song & Chipping Sparrows, Cardinals, banded TitmouseOther species near the nets were Winter & Carolina Wrens, several species of woodpeckers, Red breasted & Wht breasted Nuthatches, etc
