BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
08-18-2005

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.

2005 8/18
Neawanna 230
Hours 4
Nets 8
Net*hours 32

Pacific-slope Flycatcher PSFL 1
Willow Flycatcher WIFL 1
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 4
Brown Creeper BRCR 1
Hutton's Vireo HUVI 1
Wilson's Warbler WIWA 3
Common Yellowthroat COYE 3
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1
Bewick's Wren BEWR 1
Song Sparrow SOSP 1
Purple Finch PUFI 3

new captures 20
total captures 20
diversity 11
birds/(net*hour) 0.625
diversity/(net*hour) 0.3

Notes: More than half of the birds caught today were caught in
the first hour of banding. Birds seen but not captures include
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREEN HERON and an
unidentified shorebird, heard only making a single note call
remeniscent of yellowlegs, but not quite right...

This week in hand features a mystery bird. You should be able to make
an ID from the information in the photo:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/thisweekinhand/myst20050818.JPG

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

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

And now for something completely different... Salamanders
http://www.surfbirds.com/blogs/mbalame/archives/002899.html