[Bristol-Birds] Report on Herndon Bird Club's field trip to the Big Bald Banding Station October 2
- From: "Roy & Robin Knispel" <rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:23:51 -0400
Lisa Tyler's report on the Herndon Bird Club's field trip to the Big Bald
Banding Station on Saturday, October 2, follows.
On Saturday, October 2, Joe McGuiness, Kim Stroud, Charles Moore, Vern Maddux
and Lisa Tyler assisted in the banding operation at Big Bald. Kathy Gunther
and her crew taught HBC members, along with about a dozen hikers of all ages,
what banders look for when recording data. Fourteen species were banded, for a
total of 119 birds netted.
* designates banded birds
Turkey Vulture - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3 (1 banded)*
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Chimney Swift - 5
Blue-headed Vireo - 1*
American Crow - 1
Common Raven - 1
Brown Creeper - 1*
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5*
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1*
Swainson's Thrush - 5*
Tennessee Warbler - 79*
Cape May Warbler - 3*
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4*
Palm Warbler (Western race) - 3*
Black and White Warbler - 1*
Ovenbird - 1*
Eastern Towhee - 4*
Dark-eyed Junco - 3*
Lisa Tyler
Unicoi County, TN
forwarded by Roy Knispel, Pres.
Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter, TOS
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