BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
29 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.

2001 0929
Neawanna 272
Hours 3.25
Nets 8
Net*hours 26

Common Bushtit BUSH 4
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1
Bewick's Wren BEWR 1
Winter Wren WIWR 1
Oregon Junco ORJU 1
Fox Sparrow FOSP 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 3
Purple Finch PUFI 1

Recaptures
Bewick's Wren BEWR 2
Winter Wren WIWR 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 1

new captures 13
total captures 17
diversity 8
birds/(net*hour) 0.7
diversity/(net*hour) 0.3

NOTES: There composition of captures continues to reflect movements
of winter arrivals. A late (though not the latest ever) SWAINSON'S
THRUSH was captured and 2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS were in a
flock of BALCK-CAPPED CHICKADEES. A GREAT EGRET spent most of the
morning on one of the ponds.


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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