BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
08-30-2004

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.

2004 8/30
Neawanna 242
Hours 4
Nets 8
Net*hours 32

Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 4
Wilson's Warbler WIWA 1
Common Yellowthroat COYE 6
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1
Wrentit WREN 2
Bewick's Wren BEWR 1
Marsh Wren MAWR 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 2
Purple Finch PUFI 1

Recaptures
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 3

new captures 19
total captures 23
diversity 9
birds/(net*hour) 0.7
diversity/(net*hour) 0.3

Notes: Most birds captured today seemed to be dispersing rather than
migrating individuals. Not a lot of fat on any of them. We did have
a group of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS along with a single WESTERN TANAGER
and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER go through early.

Today's bird in-hand:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/thisweekinhand/wren20040830.html

http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/observatory.html

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

Common species are more common than rare species
--- Dennis Paulson in
_Shorebirds of the PNW_