BANDING REPORT- Neawanna Wetland Preserve
05-12-2005

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 05/12
Neawanna 132
Hours 4
Nets 8
Net*hours 32

Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 5
Golden-crowned Sparrow GCSP 1

Recaptures first captured
Rufous Hummingbird RUHU 1 04/08/2004
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 1 06/02/2004

new captures 6
total captures 8
diversity 4
birds/(net*hour) 0.3
diversity/(net*hour) 0.1

Notes: It was surprisingly slow today. No obvious movements,
except for a light drizzle of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. Best
bird was the recapture of a male RUFOUS HUMMINBIRD first banded
last year.

Also in the area were 5 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on the first pond and
a flyby WHITE-LINED SPHINX MOTH.

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

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Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

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