The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, TX Bird Banding & Census Report Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Banding Team: Blaine, Darlene, Jeff, Janiece, Judy, Karen and Tom Total species banded - 7 Total birds banded - 22 House Finch - 1 Pine Siskin - 15 Before today there had been only 4 PISIs banded at the Heard, 1981, 1985 & 1988. White-throated Sparrow - 1 Northern Cardinal - 2 Brown Creeper - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Hermit Thrush - 1 --------------------------- Total species recaptured - 2 Total birds recaptured - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 1 (Banded 10/13/2012) Carolina Chickadee - 2 (Banded 9/29/2010, 10/10/2012) --------------------------- Georgette's census Heard Nat. Sci. Mus.& Wildlife Sanct, Collin, US-TX Nov 14, 2012 7:50 AM - 10:50 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 miles 43 species Gadwall 12 Mallard 15 Double-crested Cormorant 34 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 8 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 13 Inca Dove 3 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker 3 Eastern Phoebe 3 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 10 Carolina Chickadee 13 Tufted Titmouse 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Brown Creeper 3 Winter Wren 2 Carolina Wren 12 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 15 American Robin 10 Northern Mockingbird 5 Brown Thrasher 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 27 Spotted Towhee 1 Savannah Sparrow 4 Fox Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 16 Dark-eyed Junco 5 Northern Cardinal 12 Red-winged Blackbird 348 Brown-headed Cowbird 15 House Finch 14 Pine Siskin 26 American Goldfinch 3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12041638 ----------------------- 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