> Greetings!!
> We banded for the first time at MUBO [or Hueston Woods] in 2006 on
> Monday.  We got off to a slow start because it was so cold in the predawn
> hours we had to use a torch to thaw our frozen net poles.  We were able to
> get about half the nets up by 8.  Our first bird of the year was a second
> year Hermit Thrush.  We banded 9 new NOCAs [N. Cardinals] and recaptured
> only a single male from last year--we banded 85 NOCAs at MUBO last
> year--where did they all go?  We recaptured one CACH [Carolina Chickadee]
> that was initially banded last year on 21June as an after-second year
> female [although she was recaptured three additional times through Oct 25,
> 2005].  Our sparrows included a couple Swamps, a Fox Sparrow and the first
> of spring Field Sparrow.  We'll try again tomorrow.
> Cheers
> Dave