I rarely see (if ever) that mockingbirds are banded. Are they too cagey to be caught? Judy Kestner Corpus Christi ---- Tom Heath <heathwtom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ============= The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, TX Bird Banding & Census Report Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 Banding Team: Betty, Craig, Denise, Janiece, Jennifer, Judy, Karen, and Tom (and 4 guest) Total species banded - 5 Total birds banded - 6 Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 Nashville Warbler - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 Carolina Wren - 1 House Wren - 1 --------------------------- Total species recaptured - 2 Total birds recaptured - 2 Carolina Wren - 1 (Banded 9/9/2013) Northern Mockingbird - 1 (Banded 10/9/2013) --------------------------- Georgette's census Heard Nat. Sci. Mus.& Wildlife Sanct, Collin, US-TX Oct 8, 2014 8:00 AM - 10:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 miles 38 species Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 5 Snowy Egret 1 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 39 Mourning Dove 8 Barred Owl 1 Chimney Swift 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 7 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 7 Barn Swallow 3 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 6 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 6 Eastern Bluebird 10 American Robin 8 Brown Thrasher 2 Northern Mockingbird 6 Nashville Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 10 Indigo Bunting 13 Brown-headed Cowbird 35 House Finch 1 House Sparrow 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20175048 --------------------------- Tom Heath, Plano Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner