Date: 5/23/26 8:00 pm From: Paul Roisen via groups.io <roisenp1950...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Ash Hollow Banding Station Week 5 Summary
What a great season and some nice pics of the warblers.
God Bless.
*Paul O. Roisen*
*Sioux City, IA 51106 **Woodbury County, IA*
*Mobile 712-301-2817 **<roisenp1950...> <roisenp1950...>*
On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM Olivia DeMarchi via groups.io
<oliviademarchi7...> wrote:
> Ash Hollow Banding Station Week 5 (May 19-23) Summary
>
> Spring migration banding has wrapped up at Ash Hollow and it proved to be
> an exciting and bittersweet ending. We ended the week with 136 newly banded
> birds and 37 recaptures of 25 species. The week started off strong with an
> Eastern Screech-owl finding its way into a net early Tuesday morning. This
> was an adult female with a brood patch, so she probably had a nest nearby
> and was out hunting before the sun peeked over the hill. The owl was
> already plenty exciting, so imagine my surprise later that same morning
> when I found a beautiful male Scarlet Tanager in a net. This bird was
> spotted by birders a couple days later, so he may be sticking around for
> some time. Other highlights from the week include recapturing the same
> female Hooded Warbler from last Saturday 3 times over 3 days and then
> capturing a male Hooded Warbler this Saturday. The male was singing loud
> and proud before getting caught and if the female is still around Ash
> Hollow, I hope they find each other. Lastly, we also managed to capture a
> pretty male Chestnut-sided Warbler in alternate plumage on Thursday. This
> was one species I was crossing my fingers for after Merlin picked up one
> singing around the station. Other odd warblers heard and seen around the
> station this week include Bay-breasted Warbler and Blackburnian Warbler, so
> it's safe to say Ash Hollow is a great place to spot some eastern vagrants.
>
> It's been a fantastic season and I want to thank all of the visiting
> school groups and the Birdy Blitz program participants for coming out to
> learn about bird banding. Migration banding at Ash Hollow will be up and
> running again next spring, and if you are interested in scheduling a school
> field trip please contact Delanie Bruce at
> <delanie.bruce...> or 308-633-1013. See you next year!
>
>
>
> *May 19-23, 2026 Banding Totals:*
> Northern House Wren 4, 7 recaps
> Yellow Warbler 3, 4 recaps
> Common Yellowthroat 3
> American Redstart 2, 1 recap
> Hooded Warbler 1, 3 recaps
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
> Ovenbird 2, 2 recaps
> Least Flycatcher 4
> Trail's Flycatcher 1
> Unknown Warbling Vireo 1, 1 recap
> Red-eyed Vireo 7, 1 recap
> Lincoln's Sparrow 2 recaps
> Lark Sparrow 3
> Spotted Towhee 1
> Swainson's Thrush 78, 11 recaps
> Veery 2
> Hermit Thrush 1
> Brown Thrasher 2
> Gray Catbird 8, 4 recaps
> Yellow-breasted Chat 2
> Orchard Oriole 3
> Northern Cardinal 2, 1 recap
> Scarlet Tanager 1
> American Robin 1
> Eastern Screech-owl 1
>
> Olivia DeMarchi
> Bander, Ash Hollow
> Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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