Metro Beach Spring 2009 Banding Summary

The spring 2009 banding season has come to a close, and I have tallied up the general results, which I'll present here. More details will be available in the coming weeks as I compile the full report, which will be posted at www.amazilia.net/MetroBeachBanding/

A total of 773 new birds of 60 species was banded. There were 117 individuals of 18 species that returned from previous years, including at least two that were banded in 2004. An American Goldfinch banded on 28 September 2008 as a hatch-year female was recaptured on 6 June 2009 at a banding station on Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada. Banding was conducted on 16 days between April 5 and June 6, with a total of 1241.13 net hours, and an overall capture rate of 84.4 birds per 100 net hours.

Banding Totals:

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 5 (plus 5 returns)
Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (plus 1 return)
Northern Flicker - 4
Alder Flycatcher - 6
Willow Flycatcher - 3
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 3
Least Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 5
Eastern Kingbird - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Warbling Vireo - 3 (plus 1 return)
Blue Jay - 8
Tree Swallow - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 (plus 11 returns)
Brown Creeper - 11
[Carolina Wren - 1 return]
House Wren - 7 (plus 1 return)
Winter Wren - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 11
Veery - 9
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 12
Hermit Thrush - 28
Wood Thrush - 2
American Robin - 31 (plus 4 returns)
Gray Catbird - 20 (plus 1 return)
Brown Thrasher - 1
Nashville Warbler - 7
Yellow Warbler - 59 (plus 20 returns)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 4
Ovenbird - 8
Northern Waterthrush - 8
Mourning Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 13 (plus 6 returns)
Wilson's Warbler - 13
Canada Warbler - 2
Northern Cardinal - 5 (plus 3 returns)
Eastern Towhee - 1
American Tree Sparrow - 7
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 5
Song Sparrow - 26 (plus 17 returns)
Lincoln's Sparrow - 6
Swamp Sparrow - 63 (plus 1 return)
White-throated Sparrow - 51
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 166 (plus 17 returns)
Common Grackle - 24 (plus 1 return)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8 (plus 4 returns)
Baltimore Oriole - 14 (plus 4 returns)
American Goldfinch - 55 (plus 19 returns)
House Sparrow - 2