Banding Report for Ft Stevens Banding Station
Ft Stevens St Pk, Clatsop Co. OR

29 & 30 Aug 1998

Method: Up to six 9m mist nets are placed in perpendicular
sets in willow wetland habitat near the South Jetty of the
Columbia River. Captured birds are measured, ringed with
USBBL numbered metal bands and released. Data on time of
capture and side of net captured are also recorded to gain
an understanding of movements through the area.

8/29 8/30
Hours 3.5 3
Nets 6 6
Net*hours 21 18

Pacific-slope Flycatcher PSFL 1
Cedar Waxwing CEDW 1
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet GCKI 1
Hutton's Vireo HUVI 1 1
Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 3
Common Yellowthroat COYE 1
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 4 2
Song Sparrow SOSP 8 1

Recaptures OCWA 1
SWTH 1


total captures 18 9

birds/(net*hour) 0.9 0.5

Notes: A wave of SWAINSON'S THRUSHES was evident at the
banding station. DOUGLAS' SQUIRREL was mistnetted and
released unharmed on 8/30.

For more information from the Ft Stevens Banding Station:
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/FTST_station.html


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Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR _Birds and other Wildlife of the
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