Subject: BANDING REPORT: Neawanna Wetland - 9/28/2002
Date: Sep 28 14:26:17 2002
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
28 September 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 9/28
Neawanna 271
Hours 3
Nets 8
Net*hours 24

Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 1
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1
Bewick's Wren BEWR 1
Marsh Wren MAWR 1
Spotted Towhee SPTO 1
Oregon Junco ORJU 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow GCSP 1
Fox Sparrow FOSP 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 1
Purple Finch PUFI 2

Recaptures
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 2
Fox Sparrow FOSP 1 10-01-2000
Song Sparrow SOSP 1

new captures 12
total captures 16
diversity 11
birds/(net*hour) 0.7
diversity/(net*hour) 0.5

Notes: It was one of those mornings where there was one of everything.
There were plenty of winter arrivals and a few lingering neotrops. The
recaptured FOX SPARROW was first banded 10-01-2000.

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

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

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