Any banders out there?

I am trying to help Ginny Rosenberg, bander at the Oak Island MAPS station
(Sauvie Island, near Portland, Oregon), figure out how to keep captured
birds warm during processing. We were worried about stressing out some of
the birds last year on cold mornings (particularly when the birds didn't
look too well on releasing), and we'd like to hear if other people have
ideas about how to solve this problem. We band from late May through
August, and so mostly the weather is fine, but those first few hours can be
pretty chilly on some mornings. Has anyone used tents? Or warming lamps?
I know that the Ridgefield station has a building for their winter sparrow
banding. Unfortunately, there are no structures at our station.

Please write/copy me directly if you have ideas. Thanks.

Julie

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Julie Fukuda
tamarack at q7.com