BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
26 March 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.

Hours 4
Nets 8
Net*hours 32

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 3
Varied Thrush VATH 1
Hermit Thrush HETH 2
Oregon Junco ORJU 1

Recaptures first banded
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 1 01-27-2001
Song Sparrow SOSP 2 06-23-2001
08-19-2001

new captures 8
total captures 11
diversity 6
birds/(net*hour) 0.3
diversity/(net*hour) 0.2

NOTES: I went for a second banding day before the weather change.
The HERMIT THRUSHES were of the small, red/brown guttatus group.
The VARIED THRUSH is the first captured at this site.

This week's bird in hand:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/vath20020326.jpg

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