Victoria Day.What a great day to celebrateNature. Today the banders and assistants from the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory banded 52 birds with three recaptures at Hillman Marsh, east of Leamington, Ontario. The birds banded included; Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 House Wren 1 Veery 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 Swainson's Thrush 6 Gray Catbird 4 Cedar Waxwing 4 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Tennessee Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 Magnolia Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 3 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Canada Warbler 5 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Orchard Oriole 1 Today's recaptures included a Red-winged Blackbird, ASY, Female from April 29, 2011 (752 days) and a Warbling Vireo and Yellow Warbler from circa 2011 (specifics not yet found). Many thanks to Caroline S., Matt Watson, Tiffany Rajki, and Paul Pratt for all their efforts today with banding, net runs, scribing and making visitors welcome. Banding efforts will continue to the end of May at Hillman. Visitors are welcome during the banding. Bob Bob Hall-Brooks Passerine Banding Station Co-ordinator Holiday Beach Migration Observatory 519-972-5736 (home) 519-259-7949 (mobile) cid:image001.gif@01CE5587.25D4C4D0 Bob Bob Hall-Brooks Hummingbird Bander Holiday Beach Migration Observatory 519-972-5736 (home) 519-259-7949 (mobile)