BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
22 September 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 0922
Neawanna 265
Hours 3
Nets 8
Net*hours 24

Bewick's Wren BEWR 1
Winter Wren WIWR 2
Spotted Towhee SPTO 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 3

Recaptures first banded
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1 8/19/2001
Bewick's Wren BEWR 2 8/19/2001
8/19/2001
Fox Sparrow FOSP 1 10/1/2000
Song Sparrow SOSP 4 4/18/1999
7/8/1999
6/30/2001
8/19/2001


new captures 7
total captures 15
diversity 6
birds/(net*hour) 0.6
diversity/(net*hour) 0.3

NOTES: The first FOX SPARROW capture of the season was a previously
banded individual (10/1/2000). The were very few summer resident/
migrant neotropicals detected today (and none captured) mostly a few
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and a single noisy WARBLING VIREO.

This week's photo:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/aniswa2001092201.JPG

Further information on the this project is
available at:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/observatory.html

--
Mike Patterson When I despair, I remember
Astoria, OR that all through history
celata at pacifier.com the way of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants, and murderers,
and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall.
Think of it...always.
- Mahatma Gandhi

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