BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
02-11-2003

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.

Winter sparrow efforts will place special emphasis on identifying
FOX SPARROWS, SONG SPARROWS and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS to
subspecies.

2003 0211
Neawanna 42
Hours 2.5
Nets 5
Net*hours 12.5

Common Bushtit BUSH 12
American Robin AMRO 1
Fox Sparrow FOSP 5
Song Sparrow SOSP 4

Recaptures
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 1
Bewick's Wren BEWR 1
Dark-eyed Junco ORJU 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 2

new captures 22
total captures 27
diversity 7
birds/(net*hour) 2.2
diversity/(net*hour) 0.6

Notes: Even if you subtract the 12 BUSHTITS from the count for
today, it was a pretty good day. Most of the FOX SPARROWS caught
today were on the large side two almost certainly _sinuosa_.
Fox Sparrows start moving around beginning in mid-February and
today's catch may be the first signs of the migration.

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