The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, TX Bird Banding & Census Report Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Banding Team: Darlene, Janiece, Judy, Karen, Whitney and Tom The previous dates for banding a Golden-winged Warbler are: 05/02/86, 10/07/86, 05/13/89 and 05/07/96 Total species banded - 15 Total birds banded - 34 Eastern Phoebe - 1 Least Flycatcher - 1 Lincoln's Sparrow - 5 Northern Cardinal - 2 Indigo Bunting - 2 Painted Bunting - 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Golden-winged Warbler - 1 Nashville Warbler - 5 Orange-crowned Warbler - 2 Yellow Warbler - 2 Northern Waterthrush - 2 Wilson's Warbler - 2 Gray Catbird - 1 Swainson's Thrush - 3 --------------------------- Total species recaptured - 6 Total birds recaptured - 6 Northern Cardinal - 1 (Banded 12/5/2012) White-eyed Vireo - 1 (Banded 4/28/2010) Nashville Warbler - 1 (Banded 4/27/2013) Common Yellowthroat - 1 (Banded 5/5/2013) Gray Catbird - 1 (Banded 5/1/2013) Swainson's Thrush - 1 (Banded 5/5/2013) --------------------------- Georgette's census Heard Nat. Sci. Mus.& Wildlife Sanct, Collin, US-TX May 7, 2013 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 miles 67 species Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 14 Mallard 1 Hooded Merganser 17 Pied-billed Grebe 7 Great Blue Heron 8 Great Egret 18 Little Blue Heron 2 Cattle Egret 6 Green Heron 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 Black Vulture 4 Turkey Vulture 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Coot 5 Franklin's Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 7 White-winged Dove 1 Mourning Dove 7 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Greater Roadrunner 1 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 identified by shape of head which was sloped to just before the eye then became rounded and minimal eye-ring plus a 'whit' call Least Flycatcher 4 Identified by large eye-ring and short wing projection Eastern Phoebe 8 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 White-eyed Vireo 7 Warbling Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Purple Martin 7 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 10 Tufted Titmouse 10 Carolina Wren 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Eastern Bluebird 2 Swainson's Thrush 9 Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 26 Northern Waterthrush 3 Prothonotary Warbler 7 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 7 Common Yellowthroat 2 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 5 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 24 Indigo Bunting 9 Painted Bunting 6 Dickcissel 1 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Common Grackle 4 Great-tailed Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 House Finch 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14028920 --------------------------- 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