Anna and I are starting to get together for trapping outings. We both need a bird this year. Tuesday October 6th we made a day of it, heading West beyond Mankato and up North of the Twin Cities, then slowly working our way back. The wind patterns were favorable in this direction to bring birds in from North Dakota.
We did see a couple juvenile birds but were not successful in trapping any. We thought this bird above was a juvie as we could not see its tail when we dropped the trap, and the eyes are very light, however it turned out to be an adult, most likely a first year adult. Anna demonstrated her lack of fear to take a trapped bird off the BC. After a picture or two we let it go.
The push of migrating birds from out of Duluth has not picked up steam yet, but I think it is about to change. Our weather has been quite warm, but a cold front is coming through Saturday which should push birds from the North. The last few years have been rather poor for migration through Rochester. I hope that improves this year. I am attempting to see if I can arrange for a bow netting station, so Anna can see how this works. There are benefits to not driving everywhere looking for perched birds, and instead lure them in, fish them out of the sky.
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