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| Dark-eyed Junco | Fox Sparrow | Tufted Titmouse | Eastern Phoebe | Carolina Chickadee | Brown Thrasher | Blue Jay |
| Photos by Tom Walker, February 28, 2009 | ||||||
Saturday, February 28, 2009: Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the bird-banding activities. Other participants and visitors included Tom Walker of Jefferson
; Tony Novak of Karnack; Diane Jones of Jonesville; Ronald Hollomon and Kayden Grishom of Jefferson; Sean Hansell of Las Vegas, NV; Zac & Camille Burson of Haughton, LA; and Chuck Bennett of Haughton, LA; plus Cub Scouts and their parents or grandparents Mandy & Blake Hartzo; Ellen, Michael, & Paul Stevens; Sarah, Caleb & Seth Wall of Bivins, TX; Carolyn & Noah Mitchell; Julie & Hunter Bauer, and Spencer Batts of McLeod, TX; and Paul, Kim, Austin & Joshua Gilmore of Vivian, LA.
Weather
Conditions:
The morning low temperature was 43º F and
the afternoon high was 50º F. The morning was cloudy and the afternoon was
sunny. It was very windy from the north.
Time:
We started setting up nets at 9:00 a.m. and all nets were closed by 4:45 p.m
Next Banding Date: We
plan to band again on Saturday, March 21, weather permitting. If
banding is rained out on March 21, we'll try again on March 28. Watch our
bird-banding home page or check
with Tom Walker for the latest information [E-mail: twalkercaddolake(at)gmail.com]. BANDING SUMMARY:
(12 species) New Retrap Total Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 0 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 0 1 Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 1 0 1 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 2 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 0 1 1 Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 2 1 3 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 7 2 9 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 2 0 2 Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 1 0 1 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 18 2 20 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1 0 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 14 5 19 _________________________________________________________________________ Totals 49 13 62 HISTORY OF RETRAPS (6 species; 13 individuals): Tufted Titmouse 2251-95111 (11-22-2008) 12-13-2008 2251-95134 (01-24-2009) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2060-89784 (12-08-2007) 11-22-2008, 12-13-2008 Brown Thrasher 902-76801 (01-24-2009) Chipping Sparrow 2540-46433 (01-24-2009) 2440-11324 (03-17-2007) White-throated Sparrow 2251-95029 (02-02-2008) 2251-95122 (01-24-2009) Northern Cardinal 1621-10166 (03-29-2003) (Note: One month shy of being 6 years since it was banded plus this is the first re capture of this bird!) 1621-16898 (12-27-2007) 01-18-2008 1621-16966 (01-24-2009) 1621-16971 (01-24-2009) 1621-16973 (01-24-2009) Birds
that were seen or heard (including banded species): 22
Species Observed Turkey
Vulture Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay
Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Fox
Sparrow White-throated Sparrow American
Goldfinch
Number
of Nets: Twelve (12)
Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses.
~ Walker Farm, Marion County, Texas
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown ThrasherCedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Field
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
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