BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
April 19, 2003

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.


2003 4/19
Neawanna 109
Hours 3.5
Nets 8
Net*hours 28

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 1
Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 7
Common Yellowthroat COYE 1

Recaptures
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1
Fox Sparrow FOSP 1

new captures 13
total captures 15
diversity 6
birds/(net*hour) 0.5
diversity/(net*hour) 0.2

Notes: Good movements of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (none caught) and
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. Heard but not seen were TOWNSEND'S, BLACK-
THROATED GRAY and WILSON'S WARBLERS. We also got a good look at a
SWAMP SPARROW that was tinking away across the Neawanna in a small
stand of Crabapple.

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