Hello all,

Peter Gordon at the Elachee Nature Center asked me to post his sighting of 25-30 immature white ibis flying very low over Chicopee Lake near Elachee Nature Center (near Gainsville) at 7:30 pm on 12 June 2000. They were headed for an adjoining marsh.

I banded birds this morning in Fernbank Forest. The catch of the day was a recaptured female wood thrush with a very active brood patch. Also a recaptured Carolina wren from 1997, a Carolina chickadee and wrenules. (I might add that the wood thrush was recaptured from last Thursday. But before you snicker, we have had some nice one and two year recaptures of wood thrushes).

While in the forest, I heard a northern parula singing. Rather rare nowadays for Fernbank, but I seem to hearing more of them the past few weeks from small woodlots. I even had one on my Breeding Bird Survey two weeks ago. Is anyone else experiencing similar appearances of parulas where they haven't been before. Or am I just lucky this year?

I have also had a scarlet tanager singing in my yard and neighbors' the past two Sunday mornings. Even though I have listened for him at other times, he only appears and sings on Sunday mornings. Is he trying to tell me something?

Later,

Georgann

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