Hello Tweeters,

This is just a note to let yall know that I am not dead or missing. I have
had a change in lifestyles recently in that I started graduate school at
Evergreen State College in Environmental Studies this fall. I do send as
much time as I use to in front of the computer, but I do not spend as much
time in internet.

Since the quarter began I have found that banding birds is completely
symbiotic with the massive amount of reading that I have to do. I have
been living out of the back of my van during the week, spending my nights
out in the woods on McChord AFB. I get up early and set my nets, make a
quick breakfast, and start my school work. By the time I get antsy and
need to take a break, it is time to check the nets, band a few birds, then
go back to reading. I do this cycle until it is time for class (all of my
classes are at night). I think that if I could have been banding birds in
undergraduate school, instead of chasing girls around like Harpo Marx, my
grades would have been much better.

Living in the prairies, where I am involved in a long term study for The
Nature Conservancy, and where I will work on my thesis project, has
changed my relationship with it. It will be interesting to see how much I
look like an Oregon Grape bush by the time I am done.

I have also banded at two other sites this fall. Below are the totals of
the birds that I have captured so far.

If anyone would like to visit my banding site at McChord, I usually have
friends from Evergreen help out on Wednesdays. I also go out on some
weekends with my wife when we can manage. Send me a message if you are
interested and we can make arrangements about where to meet.

I will, at some point, try to arrange an organized schedule for a WOS
field trip to the site, so look for announcements in upcoming newsletters
for that as well.

Total birds banded (all locations) 365
Total birds captured/recaptured (all locations) 754.

Totals for all birds banded.
* Belted Kingfisher
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
* Savannah Sparrow
1 Golden-crowned Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Puget White-crowned Sparrow
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 Red-breasted Sapsucker
2 Wilson's Warbler
2 Yellow Warbler
3 Red-shafted Flicker
3 Marsh Wren
3 Varied Thrush
4 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
5 Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler
6 American Robin
6 Purple Finch
6 Winter Wren
7 Common Bushtit
7 Hermit Thrush
8 Bewick's Wren
11 Swainson's Thrush
14 Golden-crowned Kinglet
18 Black-capped Chickadee
18 Spotted Towhee
22 Steller's Jay
23 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
24 Fox Sparrow
41 Song Sparrow
122 Oregon Dark-eyed Junco


McChord Air Force Base, Pierce County
Total Species 18 (plus 1 unbanded)
Total birds banded 266
Total birds captured/recaptured 631.
Ran nets on the following dates; 9/22, 10/4, 10/5, 10/7, 10/8, 10/11,
10/12, 10/13, 10/15, 10/16, 10/23, 10/24, 10/29, 10/30, 10/31, 11/2, 11/5,
11/6, 11/9, 11/10.
*Captured but not banded.

1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Red-breasted Sapsucker
3 Red-shafted Flicker
21 Steller's Jay
12 Black-capped Chickadee
* Chestnut-backed Chickadee
4 Common Bushtit
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 Bewick's Wren
20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4 Golden-crowned Kinglet
5 American Robin
3 Varied Thrush
12 Spotted Towhee
18 Fox Sparrow
24 Song Sparrow
2 Puget White-crowned Sparrow
122 Oregon Dark-eyed Junco
6 Purple Finch


Ocean Shores, Game Range, Grays Harbor County
Total Species 12 (plus 1 unbanded)
Total birds banded 42
Total birds captured/recaptured 48
Ran nets on the following dates; 9/27, 9/28, 9/29.
*Captured but not banded.

6 Black-capped Chickadee
3 Common Bushtit
2 Bewick's Wren
3 Marsh Wren
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Swainson's Thrush
5 Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
6 Spotted Towhee
6 Fox Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
* Golden-crowned Sparrow

Vashon Island, near Lisa Buella County Park, King County
Total Species 15 (plus 3 unbanded)
Total birds banded 57
Total birds captured/recaptured 75
Ran nets on the following dates; 9/10, 9/11, 9/12, 9/17, 9/18, 9/19, 9/20,
10/2.
*Captured but not banded.

* Belted Kingfisher
* Pacific-slope Flycatcher
1 Steller's Jay
4 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
6 Winter Wren
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
9 Golden-crowned Kinglet
10 Swainson's Thrush
7 Hermit Thrush
1 American Robin
2 Yellow Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Wilson's Warbler
* Savannah Sparrow
10 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 Golden-crowned Sparrow

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Russell Rogers
4510 Glenn Way SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 935-6280
rrogers at halcyon.com
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