This week we spent the first 4 days at Pedder Bay due to the continued base closure and we were back at Rocky Point on Thursday. We had the busiest day of the season on Thursday with 157 birds banded! We are still banding some early season migrants such as Wilson’s warbler, Townsend’s warbler, and Pacific-slope flycatcher. Our most commonly banded birds at Rocky Point were: ruby-crowned kinglet (49), fox sparrow (33), and Lincoln’s sparrow (24). At Pedder Bay, the three most commonly banded birds were: Oregon junco (49), golden-crowned sparrow (44), and Lincoln’s sparrow (41).
On Sunday we were out at Pedder Bay. We banded 64 birds and recaptured 6 from 13 species. We had the second owl fundraising BBQ in the evening; see last week’s blog post for a summary.
On Monday I brought in left over cupcakes from the owl BBQ. Susanne brought in mixed nuts to share and Megan from Seattle brought us coffee! We banded 44 birds from 14 species, including a white-throated sparrow.
Brian brought us cookies on Tuesday and Susanne brought in more mixed nuts. We banded a Townsend’s warbler and a white-throated sparrow today! We banded 31 birds from 18 species.
On Wednesday we banded a palm warbler and we saw greater white-fronted geese on the grassy lawn near the marina parking lot. We banded 28 birds from 11 species.
We were back at Rocky Point on Thursday! We had Sandhill cranes fly over and a kettle of turkey vultures was right above the banding station! We banded our 2000th bird today! We had our busiest banding day of the season including both diversity and abundance. We banded 157 birds from 22 species! I was a bit surprised that we did not have any retraps. We also banded our 50th Swainson’s thrush - yes, they are still around.
It rained first thing in the morning so we were delayed in opening nets. We opened them at census time. Shona and I brought in cookies to snack on. Banding highlights include: marsh wren and the 50th common yellowthroat. We had some great hawk watching by Ian and he spotted a Swainson’s hawk, osprey, and some golden eagles. We banded 47 birds and recaptured 5 from 16 species.
Saturday was a foggy and cool morning. We saw the first bufflehead in the front bay and Bill saw a sora in the front pond hiding in the cattails. There were still lots of turkey vultures about. We banded a white-throated sparrow and a black-throated grey warbler! We banded 66 new birds and recaptured 16 from 20 species.
Hawk watch!
Non-standard Banding – Pedder Bay Marina
Location total (Sunday, Sept 25 to Wednesday, October 5)
Alphabetical
AMGO (2), ANHU (1), AUWA (6), BEWR (2), BRCR (2), BUSH (7), CBCH (16), COYE (5), FOSP (30), GCKI (26), GCSP (44), HAFL (1), HETH (20), HOWR (1), LISP (41), MYWA (2), OCWA (15), ORJU (49), PSFL (1), PSWS (11), PUFI (4), RBSA (1), RCKI (34), SAVS (6), SOSP (30), SPTO (8), SWTH (4), TOWA (1), WIWR (8), WPWA (1), WTSP (2), YWAR (1).
Banding total:
Total birds banded at Pedder Bay: 382, recaptures: ? species banded: 32.
Data break! Write a caption for the Townsend's warbler in the comments section!
Standard Banding – Rocky Point
Species weekly total (Sunday, September 25 + Thursday, October 6 – Saturday, Oct. 8)
(this week/total)
Rufus hummingbird (0/7), downy woodpecker (0/3), Northern red-shafted flicker (0/1), willow flycatcher (0/43), Hammond’s flycatcher (3/14), Pacific-slope flycatcher (5/258), Hutton’s vireo (0/1), warbling vireo (0/5), chestnut-backed chickadee (6/32), bushtit (1/10), red-breasted nuthatch (0/2), brown creeper (0/11), Bewick’s wren (0/37), house wren (0/9), Pacific wren (26/74), marsh wren (1/2), golden-crowned kinglet (11/15), ruby-crowned kinglet (49/74), Swainson’s thrush (2/50), hermit thrush (15/51), American robin (0/8), varied thrush (0/1), cedar waxwing (0/2), orange-crowned warbler (17/183), yellow warbler (2/140), Audubon’s warbler (0/3), Myrtle’s warbler (0/2), black-throated gray warbler (1/6), Townsend’s warbler (0/4), white-throated sparrow (2/4), Macgillivray's warbler (0/48), common yellowthroat (3/50), Wilson’s warbler (3/340), Western tanager (0/2), black-headed grosbeak (0/1), spotted towhee (10/25), chipping sparrow (0/12), savannah sparrow (4/27), fox sparrow (33/78), song sparrow (18/84), Lincoln’s sparrow (24/129), Puget Sound white-crowned sparrow (5/125), golden-crowned sparrow (23/42), Oregon junco (9/36), red-winged blackbird (0/8), brown-headed cowbird (0/5), purple finch (3/16), pine siskin (0/1), American goldfinch (1/63), olive-sided flycatcher (0/1), Traill’s flycatcher (0/12), sharp-shinned hawk (0/4), Cooper’s hawk (0/1), saw-whet owl (0/1), Northern waterthrush (0/1), Western palm warbler (0/1).
Banding total:
Total birds banded this week: 277, recaptures: 23, species banded: 26.
Total birds banded this season: 2169, recaptures: 256, species banded: 57.
-- Emily
wow! those are a lot of data!
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