BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
15 June 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 06/15
Neawanna 166
Hours 4
Nets 8
Net*hours 32

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 4
American Robin AMRO 1
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 2
Cedar Waxwing CEDW 3
Song Sparrow SOSP 4
Purple Finch PUFI 1
American Goldfinch AMGO 2

Recaptures first banded
Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 1 05-14-2002
Downy Woodpecker DOWO 1 06-16-2001
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1 05-23-2002
Song Sparrow SOSP 1 06-23-2001

new captures 17
total captures 21
diversity 8
birds/(net*hour) 0.7
diversity/(net*hour) 0.3

NOTES: We caught several hatch-year RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS and
the first hatch-year SONG SPARROWS of the season. All birds
captured and all species detected now represent breeding
residents.


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