Subject: BANDING REPORT: Neawanna Wetland - 1/8/2003
Date: Jan 8 13:00:43 2003
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
01-08-2003

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 0108
Neawanna 8
Hours 2.5
Nets 5
Net*hours 12.5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 3
Dark-eyed Junco ORJU 2
Spotted Towhee SPTO 1
Fox Sparrow FOSP 4
Song Sparrow SOSP 1
Purple Finch PUFI 1
House Finch HOFI 2

Recaptures first captured
Dark-eyed Junco ORJU 1 02/26/2002
Fox Sparrow FOSP 1 03/20/2000

new captures 14
total captures 16
diversity 6
birds/(net*hour) 1.28
diversity/(net*hour) 0.48

We took advantage of the ridiculously beautiful weather to do
some sparrow banding. We were especially lucky catching FOX
SPARROWS most of which were of the larger sized (and thicker
billed) _sinosa_ end of the Sooty spectrum.

A partial list of birds seen but not captured include:
Merlin (_columbarius_ for Dave Fix)
American Kestrel
Downy Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Winter Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

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