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| White-eyed Vireo | Brown-headed Cowbird (male) | Brown-headed Cowbird (female) | Chipping Sparrow |
| Photos by Tom Walker, April 5, 2008 | |||
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| Hooded Warbler (male) | Orange-crowned Warbler | Tufted Titmouse | Blue Jay |
| Photos by Tom Walker, April 5, 2008 | |||
Saturday, April 5, 2008: Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the bird-banding activities. Other participants and visitors included Tom Walker of Jefferson
, Ron Munden of Scottsville, and Beth Honea with her sons Jacob, Sam & Nathaniel, of DeBerry, Texas.
Weather
Conditions:
The morning low temperature was 49º F and
the afternoon high was 65º F. The sky was cloudy in the morning and clear
in the afternoon.
Number
of Nets: Thirteen (13)
Time: We started putting up nets at 9:15 a.m. and all nets were closed by 5:30 p.m.
Next Banding Date: We plan to band again on Saturday, May 3, which will be our last bird banding day for this season. We will take a summer break and resume banding in the fall around October. Watch our bird-banding home page or check with Tom Walker for the latest information [E-mail: twalkercaddolake(at)gmail.com].
BANDING SUMMARY: (11 species) New Retrap Total
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 0 1 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 0 1
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 0 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 3 1 4
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) 1 0 1
Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) 1 0 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2 0 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 9 12 21
Northern Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)
2 0
2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
1 0 1
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 3 0 3
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Totals 24 14 38
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HISTORY OF RETRAPS
(3 species;
14 individual): |
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White-eyed Vireo 2440-11405 (04-08-2006) 04-17-2007
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2060-89785 (12-08-2007) 12-27-2008
White-throated Sparrow 1961-03237 (03-04-2006) 1961-03393 (01-26-2007) 2251-94971 (04-14-2007) 2251-95007 (12-08-2007) 2251-95022 (12-27-2007) 2251-95030 (02-02-2008) 2251-95032 (02-02-2008) 2251-95033 (02-02-2008) 2251-95038 (02-02-2008) 2251-95068 (03-08-2008) 2251-95077 (03-22-2008) 2251-95080 (03-22-2008) |
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Birds
that were seen or heard (including banded species): 26
Species Observed |
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Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo |
American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler |
Hooded Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch |
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