A lovely day weather wise does not translate into a great banding day. The day started out with lots of singing from cardinals and titmouse but only five birds flew into nets.
The bird of note is a Carolina Chickadee originally banded as AHY on March 2, 2008. and recaptured on May 24 2009, October 2 2010, January 12 and February 17, 2012. This bird appears to be a year round resident.
There is a banded Ruby-crowned Kinglet that has returned for at least a second winter. I see a banded Kinglet on the suet feeder. As I've not banded any kinglets this winter, I assume the bird acquired its band in a previous year (with a very slim chance of a foreign band).
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