Here at last are the May banding results from the Occoquan Bay NWR banding
station. If you want to visit, better hurry up. This will be the last week
of spring banding.
Cheers, Joanna
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Subject: OCCO 2008 May 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11
May 2nd was sooo slow it was painful, the 3rd was better, and the 4th was
quite a nice mix of birds, Girl Scouts and a birthday.
Wednesday, the 7th was decent. But its a wonder we got any banding hours
in on the weekend of May 9, 10, 11 while accumulating ½ foot of rain! But
maybe thats why the Green Heron was in Net 3: everything was so wet, it all
looked like Marumsco Creek.
Friday, May 2, 2008 90 net-hours, 5 visitors banded 3 birds of 3
species:
GRCA -1- Gray Catbird
NOWA -1- Northern Waterthrush 1st of the year, on the last run at noon,
giving us (false) hope for a hit of NOWAs on the weekend
COYE -1- Common Yellowthroat.
Saturday, May 3, 2008 90 net-hours, 14 visitors banded 20 birds of 10
species:
SPSA -1- Spotted Sandpiper
GRCA -6- Gray Catbird
MYWA -1- Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
NOWA -1- Northern Waterthrush
COYE -3- Common Yellowthroat
YBCH -1- Yellow-breasted Chat, always a nice catch and crowd pleaser
WTSP -1- White-throated Sparrow
NOCA -1- Northern Cardinal
COGR -2- Common Grackle
OROR -3- Orchard Oriole
Recaptured 1 bird (all are from this station, this year, unless otherwise
noted) (birds recaught the same day are repeats and are thrown away):
CARW -1- Carolina Wren.
Sunday, May 4, 2008 90 net-hours, Visitors: 7 Girl Scouts with leaders and
family; and Sarah, who has been celebrating her birthday at the station for
the past 3 years.
Banded 28 birds of 18 species:
SPSA -1- Spotted Sandpiper, the 2nd one this season
GCFL -1- Great-crested Flycatcher 3rd one ever
HOWR -1- House Wren
BGGN -1- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
GRCA -5- Gray Catbird
BTBW -1- Black-throated Blue Warbler
MYWA -1- Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
COYE -6- Common Yellowthroat
YBCH -1- Yellow-breasted Chat
EATO -1- Eastern Towhee
SAVS -1- Savannah Sparrow, 2nd one since 2001
SWSP -1- Swamp Sparrow
WTSP -2- White-throated Sparrow
NOCA 1- Northern Cardinal
INBU -1- Indigo Bunting, a male to go with his Girl Scout girlfriend who
was dressed in the colors of a female INBU, so banded as such
RWBL -1- Red-winged Blackbird
COGR -1- Common Grackle
AMGO -1- American Goldfinch
Recaptured 4 birds:
WBNU -1- White-breasted Nuthatch, banded March 2007
COYE -2- Common Yellowthroat
OROR -1- Orchard Oriole.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 90 net-hours, 2 visitors banded 28 birds of 11
species:
SWTH -1- Swainsons Thrush
GRCA -5- Gray Catbird
BRTH -1- Brown Thrasher
PROW -1- Prothonotary Warbler, a male in the net with the recap
COYE -10- Common Yellowthroat
FISP -1- Field Sparrow
LISP -1- Lincolns Sparrow
SWSP -2- Swamp Sparrow
WTSP -4- White-throated Sparrow
INBU -1- Indigo Bunting
COGR -1- Common Grackle
Recaptured 2 birds:
PROW -1- Prothonotary Warbler
COYE -1- Common Yellowthroat.
Friday, May 9, 2008 rained out.
Saturday, May 10, 2008 37.5 net-hours, no visitors as several walks were
canceled.
Banded 12 birds of 5 species:
SWTH -2- Swainsons Thrush
WOTH -1- Wood Thrush
GRCA -3- Gray Catbird
NOWA -2- Northern Waterthrush
COYE -4- Common Yellowthroat
Recaptured 1 bird:
BRTH -1- Brown Thrasher, banded April 2007; and in our nets 3/22/08, 3/28,
4/5, 4/9, 4/26, 5/10.
Sunday, May 11, 2008 90 net-hours, 3 visitors banded 28 birds of 13
species:
CARW -1- Carolina Wren
VEER -2- Veery
WOTH -1- Wood Thrush
GRCA -10- Gray Catbird
YWAR -1- Yellow Warbler
MYWA -3- Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
PROW -1- Prothonotary Warbler
COYE -3- Common Yellowthroat
SOSP -1- Song Sparrow
WTSP -1- White-throated Sparrow, still trickling through
NOCA -1- Northern Cardinal
RWBL -2- Red-winged Blackbird
AMGO -1- American Goldfinch
Recaptured 5 birds:
DOWO -1- Downy Woodpecker
COYE -3- Common Yellowthroat
AMGO -1- American Goldfinch, banded May 2007
Unbanded: Green Heron a beautiful handful (handled with care for the
safety of John!), showing 3 generations of feathers in the Secondaries.
Suzanne
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