Date: 10/16/25 9:49 am From: Violet Wu via groups.io <zishiwu33...> Subject: [NEBirds] Wildcat Hills Banding Station End of Season Summary
This will be my last post for Wildcat Hills station this 2025 banding season.
In the last week and a half of the season (9 banding days), I caught *77 new birds of 20 species/subspecies* , including *five new species for the fall* :
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Townsend’s Solitaire (1)
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Tennessee Warbler (1)
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Blue Jay (2)
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Vesper Sparrow (1)
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Slate-colored Junco (1)
*Totals for the final 9 days:*
Chipping Sparrow – 21
Pine Siskin – 14
Spotted Towhee – 8
Red Crossbill – 6
Audubon’s Warbler – 4
Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow – 4
Oregon Junco – 3
House Finch – 2
Blue Jay – 2
Orange-crowned Warbler – 2
American Goldfinch – 1
Tennessee Warbler – 1
Myrtle’s Warbler – 1
Vesper Sparrow – 1
Lesser Goldfinch – 1
Pygmy Nuthatch – 1
Townsend’s Solitaire – 1
Slate-colored Junco – 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1
Rock Wren – 1
Our fall banding season wrapped up on *October 10* , with a *total of 466 new birds banded* across *37 species/subspecies*.
*Season totals:*
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Spotted Towhee – 91
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American Goldfinch – 64
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Pine Siskin – 64
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Chipping Sparrow – 52
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Red Crossbill – 32
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House Finch – 29
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Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler – 24
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Orange-crowned Warbler – 19
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Cedar Waxwing – 11
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Myrtle’s Yellow-rumped Warbler – 10
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Northern House Wren – 8
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 6
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Lesser Goldfinch – 6
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Clay-colored Sparrow – 5
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Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow – 5
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Oregon Dark-eyed Junco – 5
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Black-capped Chickadee – 4
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Mourning Dove – 3
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Wilson’s Warbler – 3
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American Robin – 2
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Blue Jay – 2
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Lincoln’s Sparrow – 2
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Pygmy Nuthatch – 2
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 2
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Rock Wren – 2
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Yellow-breasted Chat – 2
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Black-headed Grosbeak – 1
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Eastern Bluebird – 1
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Field Sparrow – 1
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Plumbeous Vireo – 1
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Red-breasted Nuthatch – 1
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Red-naped Sapsucker – 1
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Red-shafted Flicker – 1
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Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco – 1
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Tennessee Warbler – 1
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Townsend’s Solitaire – 1
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Vesper Sparrow – 1
Thanks for a great fall season, and have a wonderful winter!
