Subject: BANDING REPORT: Ft Steven Station - 9/5/2002
Date: Sep 5 18:54:33 2002
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Banding Report for Ft Stevens Banding Station
Ft Stevens St Pk, Clatsop Co. OR
5 Sep 2002

Method: Up to eight 9m mist nets are placed in perpendicular
sets in willow wetland habitat near the South Jetty of the
Columbia River. 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
Ft Stevens 9-05
Hours 3.5
Nets 8
Net*hours 28

Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1
Hutton's Vireo HUVI 1
Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 4
Yellow Warbler YWAR 1
Common Yellowthroat COYE 2
Song Sparrow SOSP 3

new captures 12
total captures 12
diversity 6
birds/(net*hour) 0.4
diversity/(net*hour) 0.2

Notes: We caught part of a small movement in the late part of
this morning. All the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS captured were
adults. Also seen, but not captured were YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER,
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED WARBLER and WILSON'S WARBLER
(a 7 warbler day).

For more information from the Ft Stevens Banding Station:
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/FTST_station.html

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

A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

-Neltje Blanchan

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