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Class 703 Field Trip to Long Point Bird Observatory May 13, 1998 Birds banded while we were at the Banding Station (* = Neotropical Migrant) Ruby Crowned Kinglet - 1 female and 3 undetermined Wood Thrush* Grey Catbird* - 3 Blue - Winged Warbler* - male -this bird has a very unique song which Jul mimicked for us! Nashville Warbler* - 2 males 1 female Magnolia Warbler* - undetermined Black Throated Blue Warbler* - male Yellow- Rumped Warbler* - undetermined Black- Throated Green Warble* - male Ovenbird* - undetermined* Hooded Warbler* - male - very rare in Ontario and only known to breed in Carolinian Forests along the North shore of Lake Erie American Redstart* Lincoln's Sparrow* White- Throated Sparrow European Starling- female- (Just a local bird but notable because it had a "Brood Patch", a featherless area on its belly to allow the skin to directly contact its eggs and keep them at the proper incubation temperature.) Chestnut-side Warbler* Scarlet Tanager* Birds Caught in nets, Seen and /or Heard (* = Neotropical Migrant) Great Blue Heron (definitely NOT caught in a net!) Turkey Vulture (seen flying over) Mourning Dove Least Flycatcher* heard beside the banding station ("che-beck!") Purple Martin* Tree Swallow* American Crow (seen flying over) Black Capped Chickadee Brown Creeper Carolina Wren heard all around the station ("tea kettle tea kettle tea kettle!") House Wren Hermit Thrush* Philadelphia Vireo* Red-eyed Vireo* Yellow Warbler* heard and seen ("sweet sweet sweet a little too sweet!") Chestnut Sided Warbler* ("pleased pleased pleased to meetcha!") Blackburnian Warbler* Black and White Warbler* Common Yellowthroat* ("witchity witchity witchity!") Scarlet Tanager* - 1 male and 1 female Northern Cardinal Rose Breasted Grosbeak* Song Sparrow Grackle Red-Winged Blackbird Baltimore Oriole* American Goldfinch