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["Calvin Brennan" <common_raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Here are the latest banding results from the Eastern Shore Refuge. 
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warblers continue to dominate the totals thus far and 
will for the nest week or ten days. The last week of March is typically when 
a large dispersal occurs for this species and the banding totals in 2000 and 
2001 dropped significantly following such mass movements. I have included 
the recaptures to date in the banding totals below as a particular point of 
interest.

As is typical, several species have arrived on the Shore in numbers after 
the usual week or so lag compared to sightings on the west side of the 
Chesapeake. Osprey and Eastern Phoebes are at many locations now.
The first Glossy Ibis were noted this week on the Eastern Shore and during 
the very warm weather on Friday and Saturday a half dozen Purple Martins 
were seen along with a single Barn Swallow. Heron/egret migration has been 
slow overall but a few Great Egrets have been spotted in recent days. Of 
interest in the over-wintering category was an Orange-crowned Warbler at the 
Eastern Shore Refuge bunker and further north at Willis Wharf, an impressive 
220 Marbled Godwits were admired on the mudflats there.

Calvin Brennan
Deniz Aygen

Banding
March 4-16
Carolina Chickadee      4
Carolina Wren   6
Hermit Thrush   3
Gray Catbird    6
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird    1
Myrtle Warbler  466
Field Sparrow   1
Song Sparrow    1
Swamp Sparrow   1
White-throated Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal       5
Eastern Towhee  1
Total   500

Recaptures of birds banded in Spring 2002(ie. current season)
Myrtle Warbler  5
Carolina Chickadee      1
Gray Catbird    1
Total   7

Recaptures of birds banded in Spring 2001
Gray Catbird    1
Swamp Sparrow   1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal       1
Total   4


Recaptures of birds banded in Spring 2000
Carolina Wren   2
Gray Catbird    1
Northern Cardinal       1
Total   4


Recaptures of birds banded in Spring 1999
Total   0


Recaptures from other sites
Myrtle Warbler  1
Total   1


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