BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
01 April 2001

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.

2000 0329 0401
Neawanna 89 92
Hours 2 2.5
Nets 8 8
Net*hours 16 20

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 5
American Robin AMRO 1
Hermit Thrush HETH 1

Recaptures
Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 1

new captures 1 6
total captures 2 7
diversity 2 2
birds/(net*hour) 0.13 0.4
diversity/(net*hour) 0.13 0.1

Notes: We had a pretty good hummingbird morning this morning,
catching 3 males and 3 females. One was a recapture banded on
Monday (3/26). At least two males were displaying in the area.
I watched a male feeding in the willows for about 10mins. He
worked the underside of the stamenate catkins, making 3 to 6
probes per catkin. The probes were quick and occasionally
accompanied by a jerk of the head. At one point the bird
clearly caught an insect of some sort.

Further information on the Neawanna Wetland Project is
available at:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/observatory.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