Bird Banding at Caddo Lake

February 2, 2008

 

 

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Orange-crowned Warbler Gray Catbird Chipping Sparrow American Goldfinch
Photos by Tom Walker, February 2, 2008

 

 

Saturday, February 2, 2008:  Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the bird-banding activities.  Other participants and visitors included Tom Walker of Jefferson; Charles A. Steger of Atlanta, Texas;  Jack & Marsha Land of Shreveport; James D. Cole of Plano; Sharon O'Neal of Plano; and Tony Novak of Karnack.  

 

Weather Conditions:  The morning low temperature was 38º F and the afternoon high was 66º F.  Morning skies were sunny with winds from the southwest, and in the afternoon it was partly cloudy and calm.

Number of Nets:  Thirteen (13)

 

Time:  We started putting up nets at 8:45 a.m. and all nets were closed by 5:00 p.m.

 

Next Banding Date:  We plan to band again in March but we don't yet have a date.  Watch our bird-banding home page or check with Tom Walker for the latest information [E-mail: twalkercaddolake(at)gmail.com]. 

 

 

BANDING SUMMARY: (8 species)                        New    Retrap    Total

 

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)             1        0        1

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)                 0        1        1

Gray Catbird (Dumatella carolinensis)                1        0        1

Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)            2        0        2

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)                2        1        3

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)      9        4       13

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)            8        8       16
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)              16        0       16
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Totals                                              39       14       53


 

HISTORY OF RETRAPS (4 species; 14 individuals):
Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses.

 

Tufted Titmouse

1961-03347 (12-26-2006) 05-05-2007

 

Chipping Sparrow

2440-11359 (01-19-2008)

 

White-throated Sparrow

2251-94950 (03-17-2007)

2251-94996 (11-03-2007) 01-19-2008

2251-95013 (12-27-07)

2251-95021 (12-27-2007)

 

Northern Cardinal

8081-89004 (02/14/1998 as an after-hatching-year bird)
(This band was damaged and replaced with band number: 1621-16914)

1621-10013 (11-16-2002) 11-30-2002, 12-21-2002, 04-19-2003, 05-18-2003, 10-04-2003, 01-06-2007

1621-10276 (01-15-2005)

1621-16860 (11-03-2007)

1621-16863 (11-03-2007) 12-08-2007

1621-16866 (11-03-2007)

1621-16891 (12-27-2007)

1621-16896 (12-27-2007)

 

 

Birds that were seen or heard (including banded species):  29 Species Observed 
~ Walker Farm, Marion County, Texas


Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay
American Crow


Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren

Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

  

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler

Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
 


 

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