Subject: BANDING REPORT: Neawanna Wetlands 05/13/2000
Date: May 13 15:39:59 2000
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


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

07 May 2000

Method: Up to ten 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.


2000 0513
Neawanna 134
Hours 2.5
Nets 7
Net*hours 17.5

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 2
Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 5
Wilson's Warbler WIWA 5
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1
Black-headed Grosbeak BHGR 4
Brown-headed Cowbird BHCO 1
Purple Finch PUFI 1

new captures 19
total captures 19
diversity 7
birds/(net*hour) 1.1
diversity/(net*hour) 0.4

Notes: There was an obvious movement of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS
through the station, up to six were seen (and heard) at one point.
There was also a movement of WESTERN TANAGERS (at least 30),
though none came anywhere near the nets. We also had our first
SWAINSON'S THRUSH capture of the year.

Further information on the Neawanna Wetland Project is
available at:
http://columbia-pacific.interrain.org/ahscience/neawanna/neaw.html

--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html