Bird Banding at Caddo Lake

January 18, 2003

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Carolina Wren Photo: Ron Munden	Blue Jay Photo: Ron Munden	Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored female) Photo: Ron Munden


Hermit Thrush Photo: Ron Munden	Winter Wren Photo: Ron Munden

Saturday, January 18, 2003. Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the bird-banding efforts. Other participants included Ron Munden of Marshall, Sandi Gipson of Longview, Dorothy Metzler of Longview, and Tom Walker of Jefferson.

Location: The banding activities took place just west of Caddo Lake in Marion County on Boots Walker Road (near Jefferson, Texas).

Weather Conditions: Clear and breezy. The temperature at daybreak was 21° but had warmed to the low 30's by the time nets were open and reached a high of around 50° in the afternoon.

Time: Jim and Tom began putting the nets up at 10:00 a.m. and the nets were down by 4:30 p.m.

Number of Nets: Nine (9)

Next Banding Date: Saturday, February 1, 2003 (weather permitting). Watch our bird-banding home page or check with Tom Walker [E-mail: twalkercaddolaketx(at)att.net] for the latest information.

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Banding Summary: (10 species) New Retrap Total

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)                    1      0      1
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)         1      0      1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)         0      1      1
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)             1      1      2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)          0      1      1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)                 2      1      3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 22     11     33
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)                  0      3      3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)        16      4     20
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)            1      0      1
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Totals                                         44     22     66

History of Retraps ~ 7 species; 22 individuals: (Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses)

Carolina Wren 1861-80703 (10-12-02) Winter Wren 2060-89693 (12-31-2002) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2060-89653 (11-11-2000) 01-06-2001 Hermit Thrush 1861-80766 (12-31-2002) White-throated Sparrow 1521-67969 (03-10-2001) 12-27-2001, 11-16-2002 1541-85836 (02-23-2002) 1541-85851 (03-16-2002) 04-06-2002) 1541-85869 (03-16-2002) 1541-85876 (03-16-2002) 04-13-2002 1541-85883 (04-06-2002) 11-16-2002, 12-21-2002, 12-31-2002 1861-80704 (11-09-2002) 1861-80711 (11-16-2002) 11-30-2002 1861-80767 (12-21-2002) 1861-80780 (12-31-2002) 1521-88054 - Not our bird? Dark-eyed Junco 1990-28230 (02-02-2002) 11-30-2002 1990-28235 (02-02-2002) 2160-80915 (12-31-2002) Northern Cardinal 8001-47769 (03-04-2000) 03-25-00, 02-03-01 1621-09913 (12-18-2001) 1621-09934 (02-02-2002) 1621-10010 (11-16-2002)

Birds that were seen or heard (including banded species):
35 Species Observed ~ Walker Farm, Marion County, Texas

Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird meadowlark sp. American Goldfinch

Winter Wren
Photo: Tom Walker

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