Today marked the second of two banding days for Sebastian at the house as part of his work on his PhD project. The focus was on three target species (House Wren, Black capped Chickadee and Northern Cardinal) and any other species caught were just released without getting bands. Banding started in the yard back in 2015 as part of the Neighborhood Nestwatch program and continued until 2019 with that group (with last years season cancelled due to the pandemic). Thankfully as part of this new project banding was back on the agenda at the house again this year (with two visits). This is the first Common Yellowthroat that ever managed to get itself caught in the nets during the several years of banding (which is surprising as they nest in the yard). It is also only the third warbler ever caught in the nets here with a Pine Warbler earlier this year and another Pine Warbler in 2019.
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