BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
05-25-2004

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 5/25
Neawanna 145
Hours 4
Nets 8
Net*hours 32

Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 3
Barn Swallow BARS 1
Western Wood-pewee WWPE 2
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1
American Robin AMRO 2
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1
Cedar Waxwing CEDW 3
Song Sparrow SOSP 1
Purple Finch PUFI 3
American Goldfinch AMGO 1

Recaptures
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 3
Purple Finch PUFI 2

new captures 18
total captures 24
diversity 10
birds/(net*hour) 0.8
diversity/(net*hour) 0.3

Notes: A very pleasant morning. Best birds of the morning were 2
WESTERN WOOD-
PEWEES (not previous captured at the station though seen in past migrations).
2 more juvenile RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, one male, one female. Also first
juvenile
SONG SPARROW of the season. Saw CEDAR WAXWINGS carrying nest material
and captured
one with a brood patch.

Notable recaptures include a SWAINSON'S THRUSH first banded 06-02-2002
as a
second-year and a male PURPLE FINCH first banded as a hatch-year 08-26-2002.

Also of note: 3 SWAINSON'S HAWKS flew over between 09:15 and 09:30. It
is an exceptionally rare event to see even one for the north coast of Oregon.

This week in-hand:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/thisweekinhand/wwpe20040525.html

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

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Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com