Here is the banding report for this past week. Some very nice birds,
although they choose not to show up for the
TV cameras. Not too much else on the nature front, except for the presence
of some very brazen bunny rabbits who
are hanging out near the station. Also several mud turtles have been
walking the net lanes. Joanna
-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Miller [mailto:suz.miller@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 7:40 PM
Subject: OCCO 2007 May 9, 12, 13
I was concerned by Wednesdays quiet, and thought migration had finished.
But Saturday and Sunday pulled us out of the slump with a halfway decent
number of birds, and more than halfway decent variety. Wednesday was TV day
and although our premiering Yellow-billed Cuckoo was a couple hours early
for debut, we were very lucky that a Brown Thrasher and, within a minute
thereafter, a Common Grackle flew into net 8A as all of us were standing
there talking to Channel 7.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Banded 5 birds of 4 species, 90 net-hours, 5 visitors, including Channel 7
Good Morning Washington:
YBCU, 1, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a lifer for OCCO
BRTH, 1, Brown Thrasher, a young TV star female with a brood patch
COYE, 2, Common Yellowthroat
COGR, 1, Common Grackle, another female with a brood patch on TV
Recaptured 5 birds of 4 species (all birds banded at OCCO unless otherwise
noted):
GRCA, 1, Gray Catbird banded this year
COYE, 1, banded this year
NOCA, 2, Northern Cardinal, banded 4/10/2004 and 5/2/2003
COGR, 1, banded 5/6/2001 as an ASY making him at least 9 years old.
Saturday, May 12 (International Migratory Bird Day)
Banded 42 birds of 18 species, 90 net-hours, 12 visitors:
SWTH, 3, Swainsons Thrush
WOTH, 2, Wood Thrush, two is all there were from 2001 through 2006
AMRO, 1, American Robin
GRCA, 10, Gray Catbird, one of which was OCCOs #3,500, banded by Bill Teetz
NOPA, 1, Northern Parula, we get one or two a year
YWAR, 1, Yellow Warbler
BTBW, 1, Black-throated Blue Warbler
MYWA, 1, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
BLPW, 1, Blackpoll Warbler, 1st for the season
BAWW, 1, Black and White Warbler, 1st for the season
COYE, 9
CAWA, 1, Canada Warbler, 1st for the season ASY Male
SOSP, 1, Song Sparrow
SWSP, 1, Swamp Sparrow
WTSP, 4, White-throated Sparrow
BLGR, 1, Blue Grosbeak, 1st for the season and weve only had one each in
years 2003, 2004 and 2006
INBU, 1, Indigo Bunting, 1st for the season
COGR, 2, Common Grackle
Recaps 4:
BGGN, 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher banded this year
BRTH, 1, this years
COYE, 1, this years
NOCA, 1, banded 5/2/2003
Unbanded:
RTHU, 1, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, female released at net 7.
Sunday, May 13 (Mothers Day)
Banded 29 birds of 14 species, 90 net-hours, 7 visitors:
ACFL, 1, Acadian Flycatcher, 1st for the season
CARW, 2, Carolina Wren
VEER, 1, Veery, 1st for the season
SWTH, 1
GRCA, 5
YWAR, 2
BTBW, 2, including a female who did not have any white patch on the covert
BAWW, 1
NOWA, 1
MOWA, 1, Mourning Warbler, SY male, our 2nd ever
COYE, 9
WIWA, 1, Wilsons Warbler, we get one or two males most years
SOSP, 1
NOCA, 1
Recaps 7:
GRCA, 1, banded this year
COYE, 5, four banded this year and one banded 4/28/06
EATO, 1, banded this year
Unbanded:
RTHU, 3, males released at net 1 and net 4, female released at net 3.
We band Wed May 16, Fri May 18, Sat May 19 and Sun May 20; meeting at the
gate at 5:15. The following week winds up the season.
Suzanne
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