![Red -eyed Vireo. Photo by Bracken Brown](http://wctbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/red-eyed-vireo-photo-by-bracken-brown.jpg)
In case the little birdie hasn’t told you yet…
Rushton Banding station will be open to visitors and families of all ages tomorrow, 9/21, from 7-11 am!!
Don’t miss this grand opportunity to see beautiful migrating songbirds up-close as we carefully band them to contribute to bird conservation. Migration is in full swing, and we’ve been catching a fantastic variety of wonderful warblers (including our first ever Black-throated Green Warbler), flycatchers, thrushes and familiar residents like the sweet little Carolina Chickadee picture below.
![Carolina Chickadee banded at Rushton this September. Photo by Jodi Spragins.](http://wctbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dsc03037.jpg)
![Black-throated Green Warbler. Photo by Dustin Welch.](http://wctbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/black-throated-green-warbler-3.jpg)
Oh and did I mention Gray Catbirds!? We never run out of these omnipresent birds…until the White-throated Sparrows arrive in October.
![A young Gray Catbird growing in new flight feathers and coverts before beginning its journey south. Photo by Bracken Brown](http://wctbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/photo-by-bracken-brown-3.jpg)
Stop on by the station tomorrow to learn about the fascinating science of bird banding while witnessing feathered neighbors like never before!
You just never know what a fall morning at Rushton may bring…
![Doris McGovern, federally licensed bird bander, taking a bird out of the bag to be banded as a child watches with anticipation.](http://wctbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/the-teacher-and-the-student_1.jpg)
Plus, Rushton Farm is breathtaking right now with the goldenrod in full bloom and looks like this…
![Rushton Farm cloaked in fields of gold. Photo by Kelsey Lingle](http://wctbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/img_5463.jpg)
See you in the woods tomorrow!
Blake
P.S. For all you hard-core birders out there looking to get that rare, elusive, skulking Connecticut Warbler on your life-list, we have caught 6 so far this fall at Rushton! Not too shabby.
![Connecticut Warbler. Photo by Dustin Welch.](http://wctbirds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/connecticut-warbler-1.jpg)