This week marks the transition from fall migration banding at Metro Beach to winter banding in my yard in Inkster, Wayne Co., Michigan where the photo of the Tufted Timouse above was taken. Here is a brief summary of the fall banding results. A full report with analysis and comparisons will be posted on-line at the Metro Beach Banding web page, hopefully before the end of the year!
A total of 1639 new birds of 71 species, plus 231 recaptures and 32 released unbanded, resulted in 1902 total captures for the fall, the second highest since 2004. The nets were open a total of 145 hours on 22 days (1765 net hours) between August 2 and October 31, 2009 with a capture rate of 107.7 birds per 100 net hours, again the second highest since 2004. A hatch-year female Black-throated Blue Warbler banded on September 25 was the 10,000th bird banded since 2004 (slightly more than 24,000 birds have been banded at Metro Beach from 1989 to the end of this fall season). Listed below are the species and totals banded for the season.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 64
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 10
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker - 3
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 10
Alder Flycatcher - 4
Willow Flycatcher - 8
"Traill's" Flycatcher - 11
Least Flycatcher - 22
Eastern Phoebe - 5
Blue-headed Vireo - 5
Warbling Vireo - 9
Philadelphia Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 9
Blue Jay - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 13
House Wren - 27
Winter Wren - 21
Marsh Wren - 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 64
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 64
Veery - 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 14
Swainson's Thrush - 53
Hermit Thrush - 109
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 62
Gray Catbird - 29
Cedar Waxwing - 39
Tennessee Warbler - 7
Orange-crowned Warbler - 8
Nashville Warbler - 46
Northern Parula - 4
Yellow Warbler - 28
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 8
Magnolia Warbler - 32
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 40
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler - 7
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
(Western) Palm Warbler - 4
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2
Blackpoll Warbler - 6
Black-and-white Warbler - 4
American Redstart - 9
Ovenbird - 14
Northern Waterthrush - 10
Mourning Warbler - 10
Common Yellowthroat - 81
Wilson's Warbler - 26
Canada Warbler - 5
Northern Cardinal - 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
American Tree Sparrow - 3
Fox Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 141
Lincoln's Sparrow - 15
Swamp Sparrow - 114
White-throated Sparrow - 160
(Eastern) White-crowned Sparrow - 7
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco - 9
Red-winged Blackbird - 17
Common Grackle - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 8
American Goldfinch - 107
1 comment:
Wow! That is a lot of work. Interesting list too (love that tie of 64 between the Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets!).
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