Greetings!!
As previously reported we had a fantastic "Big Day" on Monday--many thanks 
to Tom Klak and Three Valley Trust. I thought I would send some very poor 
but recognizable pictures of the Red-necked Phalarope the keen eyes of Jim 
Michael pulled out of the cattails at Shakertrace (this was after finding a 
bittern in the vegetation at Spring Valley!).  The Scarlet Tanager was one 
of many we saw in a variety of places on Monday.
Banding was amazing this morning!! We captured over 80 birds (53 banded and 
28 recaptures). I can't wait to look at the recapture date-- we recaptured 
10 Gray Catbirds, 5 Yellow Warblers, the same pair of Orchard Orioles we 
banded in the same net last year!, a returning Indigo Bunting, and a 
returning Common Yellowthroat among the Field Sparrows, White-throats, 
Cardinals, Flickers, and Brown Thrashers we've banded in previous 
weeks.  Highlights of banded species included a Lincoln's Sparrow, 3 
Northern Waterthrushes, a Black-throated Green, Palm, and Yellow-rumped 
Warbler.  Birds heard in the vicinity included Hooded, Cerulean, 
Blue-winged, Prairie, Nashville, Black and white, and more Northern 
Waterthrushes. We also banded our first Least Flycatcher of the year.
Cheers
Dave