BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
23 April 2002

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.

2002 4/23
Neawanna 113
Hours 3.5
Nets 8
Net*hours 28

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 1
Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 16
Wilson's Warbler WIWA 1

Recaptures
Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 1
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1
Common Bushtit BUSH 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 1
Hermit Thrush HETH 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 1

new captures 38
total captures 44
diversity 8
birds/(net*hour) 1.6
diversity/(net*hour) 0.3

NOTES: ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS movements
continue apace. The first WILSON'S WARBLER of the season was
captured; one or two more were heard singing over the course of
the morning.
Many other migrants were observed this morning. Highlights
include:
400+ Greater White fronted Goose in several flocks
1 Richardson's Merlin (Prairie-type), very pale
3 Greater Yellowlegs
75+ Western Sandpipers
4 Least Sandpipers
1 Long-billed Dowitcher
3 Short-billed Dowitchers
1 Common Snipe

This weeks bird in hand:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/ocwa.html

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

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html