[texbirds] Heard Museum bird banding/census, 4/5/13

  • From: Tom Heath <heathwtom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 17:12:28 -0400 (EDT)

The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, TX
Bird Banding & Census Report
Friday, April 5, 2013
Banding Team: Betty, Blaine, Craig, Denise, Etta Mae, Judy, Whitney and Tom

  Total species banded - 10
  Total birds banded - 24

Eastern Phoebe - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
Harris's Sparrow - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Field Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 9
Northern Cardinal - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
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  Total species recaptured - 3
  Total birds recaptured - 10

Northern Cardinal - 5 (Banded 3/25/2005, 4 in 2012)
Carolina Wren - 3 (Banded 6/25/2008, 11/11/2012, 8/29/2012)
Tufted Titmouse - 2 (Banded 9/28/2011, 10/10/2012)
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Georgette's census
Heard Nat. Sci. Mus.& Wildlife Sanct, Collin, US-TX
Apr 5, 2013 8:05 AM - 11:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling 2.0 miles

65 species
Canada Goose  6
Wood Duck  9
Gadwall  3
Mallard  6
Blue-winged Teal  28
Northern Shoveler  1
Ring-necked Duck  5
Lesser Scaup  2
Hooded Merganser  2
Pied-billed Grebe  9
Neotropic Cormorant  2
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  9
Great Egret  16
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  5
Black Vulture  6
Turkey Vulture  4
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Broad-winged Hawk  2
Swainson's Hawk  1
American Coot  11
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  7
Greater Roadrunner  1
Chimney Swift  1
Black-chinned Hummingbird  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  7
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  5
White-eyed Vireo  9
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  12
Bank Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  5
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  7
Eastern Bluebird  5
Northern Mockingbird  6
Orange-crowned Warbler  2
Northern Parula  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  11
Spotted Towhee  2
Field Sparrow  4
Fox Sparrow  1     This bird was the red subspecies of the Fox Sparrow.  It was 
traveling with a mixed group of sparrows in the underbrush.  Like  Fox Sparrows 
we have in the winter, it had very heavy streaking on the breast, gray head and 
rufous colored wings.  I saw it for 5 seconds at the most.
Song Sparrow  1
Lincoln's Sparrow  7
White-throated Sparrow  10
Harris's Sparrow  10
White-crowned Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  3
Northern Cardinal  45
Red-winged Blackbird  59
Common Grackle  4
Great-tailed Grackle  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Pine Siskin  2
View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13642519
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Tom Heath, Plano

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