Our Spring banding season began with a rainy day, a foggy day and a gorgeous day each with corresponding results. Twelve students from the Vertebrate Zoology class at Eastern College studied our birds and observed the banding process on Wed.
Not only are Rushton’s breeding birds returning from wintering grounds, but many neo-tropical migrants stop at Rushton to rest and feed before continuing north to breed. These transient little jewels with red, yellow, blue and orange feathers bring sighs from banders that rival those heard at fireworks…OOH, AHH.