[wisb] Bird Banding Washington Park (Milwaukee)
- From: Tim Vargo <tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: undisclosed-recipients:;
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 13:16:33 -0500
Hello everyone,
We ran a trial run at bird-banding in Washington Park (Milwaukee) this morning.
This type of park presents new challenges and a much different environment
than other places we band. We also battled a line of early morning showers.
That being said, it was a fabulous morning. We placed nets out on an island in
the lagoon and did our net runs by canoe. Normally we have to deal with people
and dogs that can potentially run through and ruin a net. On the island we
dealt with Canada Geese who weren't too happy that we were near their nests.
We only opened 2 nets fairly late in the morning (7:30) and only kept them open
for a couple hours, but still caught 14 birds (7 species).
Myrtle Warbler (4)
Western Palm Warbler (4)
American Robin (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Waterthrush
Common Grackle
And we had a Belted Kingfisher fly within inches of one of the nets.
Timothy Vargo
Manager of Research and Citizen Science
Urban Ecology Center
1500 E Park Pl
Milwaukee WI 53211
Phone: (414) 964-8505 x 116
Fax: (414) 964-1084
tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
www.urbanecologycenter.org<http://www.urbanecologycenter.org>
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From: Tim Vargo
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:12 PM
To: 'wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Bird Banding Riverside Park (Milwaukee)
Here's the bird-banding summary for Tuesday, May 5th at Riverside Park
(Milwaukee)
We kept the nets open from 6:00am until 10:00am, but it looks like most the
birds decided to hang out at the zoo today.
In the nets: 13 birds, 9 species:
American Goldfinch (3)
Swamp Sparrow (2)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hairy Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrow
American Robin
House Sparrow (1st time ever - of course we can't band it)
Timothy Vargo
Manager of Research and Citizen Science
Urban Ecology Center
1500 E Park Pl
Milwaukee WI 53211
Phone: (414) 964-8505 x 116
Fax: (414) 964-1084
tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
www.urbanecologycenter.org<http://www.urbanecologycenter.org>
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