In September and October, NJMC Naturalist Michael Newhouse and his dedicated band of bird-banders banded 46 species and nearly 3,000 birds in all.
Bird most likely to be banded — the Savannah Sparrow, with more than 700 banded. It is a threatened species in New Jersey. (Pictured at right, a confusing Black-throated Blue Warbler, one of the 46 species.)
For a look at the variety of birds that use the former landfills in the Meadowlands each fall, check out the full list of banded birds.
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NJMC Bird-Banding Project
Fall 2009: 46 Species, 2930 birds
American Goldfinch-154
American Kestrel-3
American Redstart-13
American Robin-21
Barn Swallow-1
Black and White Warbler-8
Blackpoll Warbler-10
Black-capped Chickadee-2
Black-throated Blue Warbler-3
Bluejay-1
Blue Grosbeak-1
Bobolink-1
Brown Creeper-2
Brown Thrasher-4
Chipping Sparrow-1
Common Yellowthroat-57
Downy Woodpecker-3
Eastern Phoebe-20
Eastern Towhee-2
European Starling-6
Field Sparrow-19
Golden-crowned Kinglet-3
Gray Catbird-64
Gray-cheeked Thrush-1
Grasshopper Sparrow-1
Hermit Thrush-13
House Finch-1
House Wren-9
Indigo Bunting-59
Least Flycatcher-3
Magnolia Warbler-8
Mourning Dove-2
Northern Cardinal-6
Northern Mockingbird-15
Northern Parula-1
Northern Waterthrush-12
Ovenbird-1
Palm Warbler-319
Praire Warbler-1
Red-winged Blackbird-1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak-1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-65
Red-eyed Vireo-2
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow-1
Dark-eyed Junco-14
Sharp-shinned Hawk-1
Song Sparrow-486
Swamp Sparrow-381
Swainson's thrush-4
Traill's Flycatcher-27
Veery-1
Vesper Sparrow-2
Warblering Vireo-2
White-eyed Vireo-2
White-crowned Sparrow-35
White-throated Sparrow-51
Wilson's Warbler-1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-3
Yellow-breasted Chat-2
Yellow Warbler-8
Yellow-rumped Warbler-224