Banding Report for Neawanna Wetland Preserve
Seaside, Clatsop Co. OR

18 April 1999

Method: Up to eight 9m mist nets are placed in mixed Oregon
Crabapple/Twinberry/Spruce along the the upper Neawanna River,
Seaside, Clatsop Co. OR. 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.


Hours 2.4
Nets 7
Net*hours 16.8

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 26
Chestnut-backed Chickadee CBCH 1
Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 3
Common Yellowthroat COYE 1
Hermit Thrush HETH 1
Lincoln's Sparrow LISP 2
Song Sparrow SOSP 1


total captures 35
diversity 7
birds/(net*hour) 2.1

diversity/(net*hour) 0.4

Notes: A remarkable number of RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS were captured
over the morning. 16 were male; 10 female. Of the
males captured, one had at least a 50% green back. Hummingbirds
were not banded, but were qualitatively marked to sort birds newly
captured from repeat captures. There was only one RUHU recapture
over the banding period.

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