Today we visited Sagawau Environmental Learning Center to help with their weekly bird banding. Since it's getting colder, they moved operations indoors. Banding usually ends in later November or early December, so this might be our last time this year. They caught a Red-bellied Woodpecker, which was a first for us. After it was released, I was able to photograph it in a tree and it showed me its tongue. We also saw a cute Tufted Titmouse, which had previously been banded, and many cute fox sparrows, which are one of my favorites. Last, but definitely not least, we met Douglas the Snapping Turtle. Douglas was found as an egg and hatched in captivity. The plan had been to release him, but by the time he was big enough, he was too domesticated. He likes to watch humans and will walk around the banding organizer's office. Douglas is a good guy, but don't put your fingers in front of his mouth!
--Written by Ima
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker after being released |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker sticking out their tongue |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Fox Sparrow |
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| Red-winged Blackbird and House Sparrows |
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| Fox Sparrow |
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| White-crowned Sparrow |
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| White-crowned Sparrow about to be released |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Mourning Dove with white feathers |
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| Mourning Dove with white feathers |
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| Dark-eyed Junco in mist net |
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| Fox Sparrow |
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| Douglas the snapping turtle, an unreleasable snapping turtle at Sagawau |
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