Grackles on the move

It was pretty amazing as hundreds, or even thousands of Common Grackles passed by. First it was one large group of a few thousand individuals. Later in the morning smaller groups of a few hundred birds passed us, in a southern direction.

The Grackle scenes of today:

Anybody interested in counting these?

And these?

And these perhaps too?

Eventhough lots of them landed in the banding area, close to the nets, none were caught. We had a good banding morning. Good numbers of Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers and Sparrows.

Totals:

Eastern Phoebe 2 -

Blue-headed Vireo 4 -

Blue Jay 1 -

Winter Wren 2 -

Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 -

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 -

Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 -

Swainson's Thrush 4 -

Hermit Thrush 8 -

Gray Catbird 4 -

Tennessee Warbler 1 -

Nashville Warbler 3 -

Magnolia Warbler 2 -

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 -

Yellow-rumped Warbler 36 -

Ovenbird 1 -

Common Yellowthroat 1 -

Eastern Towhee 3 -

Field Sparrow 2 -

Song Sparrow 14 -

Lincoln's Sparrow 3 -

Swamp Sparrow 15 -

White-throated Sparrow 11 -

American Goldfinch 3 -

Total 147, 24 species

Field Sparrow, hatching year