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| Eastern Bluebird (male) | Ruby-crowned Kinglet (male) | Hermit Thrush | Chipping Sparrow |
| Photos by Tom Walker, December 30, 2011 | |||
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Saturday, December 30, 2011: Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the bird-banding activities. Other participants and visitors included Tom Walker of Jefferson; Charles Steger of Atlanta, TX; Clifton Trusty and children, Kyle and Raven of Grand Prairie; Richard LeTourneau of Hallsville; Lee Fowler of Amarillo; Carol Walliser of Edom, TX; Carol Pace of Marshall; Michael & Mary Scott and daughter, Kaitlynn of League City, TX; John Boigk of Kilgore; Karen Morrie and daughter, Katy of Jefferson; Diane Jones of Jonesville; Zac Burson of Bossier City, LA; Larry Wayne Schultz of Austin; and Donna Schultz of Washington, Pennsylvania.
Weather Conditions: The morning low temperature was 38º F and the afternoon high reached 65º F. It was mostly sunny and there was very little wind.
Time:
We started setting up nets at 9:15 a.m. and all nets were closed by 5:20 p.m.
Next Banding Date: Our next bird banding date will be
BANDING SUMMARY: (10 species) New Retrap Total
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 0 1 1 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 0 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1 0 1 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1 0 1 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 0 1 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1 1 2 Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 2 0 2 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 13 2 15 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 3 0 3 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 7 3 10 _________________________________________________________________________ Totals 30 7 37 |
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HISTORY OF RETRAPS (4 species; 7 individuals): Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses. |
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2540-46556 (01-22-2011) 03-19-2011
Chipping Sparrow 2440-11491 (????)
White-throated Sparrow 2251-29839 (02-19-2011) 2251-29890 (11-19-2011)
Northern Cardinal 1621-09319 (???) Must have misread the band number. My bands started at 1621-09901. Bird is from early 2000s 1621-17093 (11-20-2010) 2451-29839 (01-22-2011) |
| Birds that were seen or heard (including banded species): 25 Species Observed ~ Walker Farm, Marion County, Texas |
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Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee |
White-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Brown Thrasher |
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch |
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