FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Banding at Occoquan May 2, 4, 5, 6

["Joanna Taylor" <jandrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the official summary of this past week's banding.  Additional birds
heard and seen today include our first  EASTERN
KINGBIRD, at least 4 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, SCARLET TANAGER, PRAIRIE
WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT and INDIGO BUNTING.
-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Miller [mailto:suz.miller@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:59 PM



Good days and good birds continued on Wednesday and Friday; but on Saturday,
of all days, a front blew the birds out and rained on the big Girl Scout /
Rachel Carson Birthday event in the afternoon.  The birds definitely were
not in again for Sunday.  A Great-horned Owl sighting is not unusual before
dawn, but on Wednesday s/he had a rabbit and was struggling to fly away when
caught in the headlights.  The Owl took off without the headless rabbit, but
bunny was not there when we drove out 7 hours later.  Also, Wild Turkey is a
usual sighting, but on Sunday one almost walked right into net 7.



Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Banded 30 birds of 12 species, 90 net-hours, 7 visitors:

REVI, 1, Red-eyed Vireo ? a common enough bird, but OCCO only gets a couple
each year

GRCA, 5, Gray Catbird

YWAR, 2, Yellow Warbler

MYWA, 5, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler

YPWA, 2, (Yellow) Palm Warbler

OVEN, 1, Ovenbird ? 4th ever for the station

NOWA, 1, Northern Waterthrush

COYE, 7, Common Yellowthroat

HOWA, 1, Hooded Warbler, female, 2nd ever for the station

EATO, 1, Eastern Towhee ? now at a record number for a year

SWSP, 3, Swamp Sparrow ? were at a record number for a year on April 28th

SOSP, 1, Song Sparrow



Recaptured 5 birds of 3 species (all birds banded at OCCO unless otherwise
noted):

ETTI, 2, Eastern Tufted Titmouse, one banded this year and one from
10/14/2006 Fall Festival

EATO, 2, both this year

BAOR, 1, Baltimore Oriole, male banded 5/22/04, making him 5+ years old.





Friday, May 4

Banded 55 birds of 14 species, 90 net-hours, 4 visitors:

BGGN, 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

SWTH, 1, Swainson?s Thrush ? 1st of the season

GRCA, 7 ? now at a record number for a year

MYWA, 15 ? now at a record number for a year

YPWA, 1

AMRE, 1, American Redstart ? SY male

OVEN, 1, another one!

NOWA, 1

COYE, 14

EATO, 2

SWSP, 1

WTSP, 6, White-throated Sparrow ? were at a record number for a year on
April 29th

NOCA, 3, Northern Cardinal

OROR, 1, Orchard Oriole, male ? 1st of the season, see recaps



Recaptured 6 birds of 3 species:

COYE, 4, two banded this year, one from 4/28/06 and one from 4/24/02 making
him at least 8 years old!

OROR, 1, female banded 5/15/05, making her at least 5 years old, caught on
the same run in the net adjacent to the male

AMGO, 1, American Goldfinch, this year?s.



Unbanded:

RTHU, 1, Ruby-throated Hummingbird ? the 1st of the season, a female, was
released at Net 1 ? a special license, training and bands are required for
hummingbirds.





Saturday, May 5

Banded 17 birds of 10 species, 127 ½ net-hours, 12 regular visitors and ~100
Girl Scouts:

NOBO, 1, Northern Bobwhite ? always hear them calling, and a male found
himself in the net

BGGN, 1

TRES, 1, Tree Swallow ? always a treat to catch one of these, always during
low cloud cover

YWAR, 1

MYWA, 4

COYE, 1

SWSP, 1

WTSP, 4

COGR, 1, Common Grackle ? 1st of the season

AMGO, 2



Recaptured 9 birds of 4 species:

COYE, 6

NOCA, 1, banded 5/17/03

RWBL, 1, a male banded a year ago to the day, in an adjacent net

COGR, 1, banded 5/9/04.





Sunday, May 6

Banded 4 birds of 3 species, 90 net-hours, 3 visitors:

MYWA, 2

PROW, 1, Prothonotary Warbler

NOWA, 1



Recaptured 3 birds of 2 species:

COYE, 2, both banded this year

EATO, 1, this year.



We band again Wed May 9, Sat May 12 and Sun May 13 .

We?ve had less Woodpeckers than normal, no Flycatchers yet, hardly any
Thrushes, and a dearth in the variety of Warblers.



Suzanne










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