Tom and Paula Bartlett and crew have been banding birds at the Middle Bass Island East Point preserve this week. The warmer southwest winds have brought lot of spring migrants as well as resident nesters arriving! Banding records show some red-winged blackbirds, AmericanRobins have been here up to 7 years ago! We had the first sharp-shinned hawk and prothonotary warbler banded on Middle Bass this week. Islanders report orioles and hummingbirds appearing at their feeders. Sandy Funtal had a surprise yellow-headed blackbird at the Perry Holiday at Put-in-Bay and Sheri Kowalski found a sora by Saunders Resort. Enjoy the beauty of spring at our preserves!
Photos by Paula Bartlett, Ann Shelton, and Nancy Welter
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Prothonotary Warbler
Field Sparrow
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Swamp Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Lisa Brohl with sharp-shinned hawk that hit net beside her
Brown Creeper
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker