Greetings
We had our first MAPS [Monitoring Avian Population and Survivorship} 
banding session at the Big Woods on Monday. Fortunately the closed canopy 
kept out most of the rain.  We banded a single Prothonotary Warbler last 
year--an SY female--and we recaptured her again this year [see photos]!  We 
also banded not one, but two males with her (we caught her twice Mon 
morning each time with a different male!).  One of the males was absolutely 
brilliant [see photo]! Yesterday we banded at MUBO and still had a few 
warblers, flycatchers, etc but things are starting to slow down.  We 
continue to band lots of American Goldfinches including this brilliant ASY 
male that maintained his basic feathers around the neck like a collar [see 
photo]. Also a just hatched Periodical Cicada with poor time management 
skills was noted--I'm not sure how many others missed last years emergence.
During our MAPS banding we located a Worm-eating Warbler male that appeared 
to be singing on a territory in the Big Woods--if you want directions 
contact me.
Cheers
Dave


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