[tn-bird] Tremont Banding station

From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Scott Steib <steibs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wendy Steib <wendy@xxxxxxxxx>,Paul Super <paul_super@xxxxxxx>, TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Allan Trently <atrently@xxxxxxxxxxx>,David Trently <dtrently@xxxxxxx>,Meredtih Clebsch <meredith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Tracey Everson <everson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,David Holmes <dwholmes@xxxxxxx>, Kris Johnson <kris_johnson@xxxxxxx>,Carey Jones <carey_jones@xxxxxxx>,Keith Lott <hexentrik00@xxxxxxxxxxx>,Colleen Moulton <kalmialatifolia@xxxxxxxxx>,Mom Muise <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Chuck Nicholson <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Steve Oxman <steve@xxxxxxxx>, Michelle Prysby <michelle@xxxxxxxxx>,Kim Ralston <maggienmolly@xxxxxxxxx>, Meryl Rose <meryl_rose@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 11:39:31 -0700 (PDT)

Hi folks,

Well the MAPS season is over here.  Last banding day was today,
Saturday August 3.

I'm starting to get used to the slow days that MAPS often brings,
particularly here.  This year, in 8 days of 6 hours each, we handled
a total of 85 birds.  That would be a decent day at the migration
station where I first got into banding!

Of great interest are 3 possibly related events.  On our first day,
the first bird we caught was of the Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's complex
(GCBT).  Unfortunately the bird escaped before we got adequate
detail.  On our second banding day, a week later, a GCBT was seen. 
On our last day, today, we captured and banded a GCBT which I am
tentatively calling a Gray-cheeked.  Many measurements and notes were
taken on this bird, which was very heavily in molt, had no fat, and
is therefore not apparently in migration condition.  Are these all
the same bird?  If so, why would this northern breeder hang around
here all season?

2 birds may be in relative decine.  Louisiana Waterthrushes accounted
for over 50% of our birds in 2000, 40% in 2001, and just 24% in 2002.
 I don't have numbers for REVI at hand, but I know we caught more
than 2 each of the last 2 years.  All 3 of the birds we handled (one
recap) were adults.  And there has been a notable lack of singing
this year.  One or two birds at a time, rather than several.  Of
course it's too early to tell with either of these, but something to
look for in years to come.

Thanks a lot to master bander Paul Super, and to interns and
volunteers Heather, Andrew, Bonnie Jo, Erin, Amanda and Rachel!

The breakdown is as follows:
3 unbanded birds (all escapes)
18 recaptures 
0 foreign recaptures

Louisiana Waterthrush  14 new plus 7 recaps = 24% of birds
American Goldfinch     6 + 2 = 7%
Wood Thrush                5 + 3 = 7%
Acadian Flycatcher       4 + 2 = 7%
Carolina Wren               5 + 0 = 6%
Indigo Bunting                4 +0 
Ovenbird                           4 + 0
Eastern Phoebe             4 + 0
Chipping Sparrow          2 + 2
Black-and-white Warbler   3 + 0
Red-eyed Vireo                2 + 1
American Robin               2 + 0
Hooded Warbler               2 + 0
Yellow-throated Warbler 2 + 0
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush  1 + 1
Northern Cardinal             0 + 1
Worm-eating Warbler, Eastern Wood-pewee, Northern Parula,
Black-throated Green Warbler,  and Brown-headed Cowbird all accounted
for one banded bird each.

Good day!
Charlie
 


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Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Townsend, TN  lat 35 deg, 38'23"  long 83 deg, 41'22"

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