[TN-Bird] SIWR banding, July 9

Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge
Knox County, TN
Sunday, 9 July 2006

Hi folks,

Sorry for the late report, but I?ve been busy moving my household to
Georgia.

The big news for Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge (SIWR) is that we
finally broke the 100 mark!  On Sunday, July 9, 2006 we caught
exactly 100 birds.  Over half (53) of these were hatched this year. 
As the breeding season winds down, we are recording fewer species of
birds singing, and we are starting to see Red-winged Blackbirds form
the sex- and age-segregated flocks typical of the ?off-season?, which
resulted in our catching a bunch of them in 2 waves.

The first numbers below indicate the number of each species caught. 
The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of those that hatched
this year.

Thanks to Mark Armstrong, 3 hummingbirds have now been banded at
SIWR!

It is so interesting to see the difference between this station and
Tremont, which has never caught more than 86 birds in a SEASON!

Charlie

Red-winged Blackbird    27  (14)
Northern Cardinal               4    (2)
Eastern Towhee                  3    (3)
Yellow-breasted Chat       6    (2)
Willow Flycatcher               4    (1)
Carolina Wren                   4    (2)
Indigo Bunting                  8    (0)
House Finch                     3    (2)
Eastern Phoebe                  4    (3)
Orchard Oriole                  2    (2)
Song Sparrow                    9    (8)
Brown-headed Cowbird    1    (0)
Field Sparrow                   10  (8)
Northern Mockingbird    1    (1)
American Goldfinch              6    (0)
Common Yellowthroat     5    (4)
Barn Swallow                    1    (1)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird       2    (0)

17 species
53/100  Juvenile 


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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"To the dull mind all nature is leaden.  To the illuminated mind 
the whole world sparkles with light."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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