Selkirk Spring Banding Report

The Selkirk Provincial Park field station of the Haldimand Bird Observatory had its best spring in the 11 springs the station has been in operation. The station was in operation from late February until June 11th most days depending upon the weather.

A total of 2721 birds were banded of 82 species plus 1 form.

The 11 year average is 2007 birds banded per spring of 78 species.
The station uses 20 warbler nets, 1 jay-trap and up to 4 ground traps. Coverage was consistent with that of prior years.

Birds banded in AOU no. order

Mourning Dove 39
Eastern Screech-owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Yellow-shafted Flicker 4
Great-crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 7
Eastern Wood Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 4
Traill's Flycatcher 20
Least Flycatcher 12
Blue Jay 13
European Starling 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 36
Red-winged Blackbird 37
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 10
Common Grackle 22
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 141 (new banding season high)
Savannah Sparrow 6 (new banding season high)
E. White-crowned Sparrow 46
Gamble's W-C. Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 394 (new banding season high)
American Tree Sparrow 75 (new banding season high)
Chipping Sparrow 13 (ties previous best banding season)
Field Sparrow 8
Slate-colored Junco 121
Song Sparrow 104
Lincoln's Sparrow 50
Swamp Sparrow 34
Fox Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12
Indigo Bunting 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Tree Swallow 57 (new banding season high)
N. Rough-winged Swallow 3 (new banding season high)
Cedar Waxwing 39 (New spring high)
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Nashville Warbler 30
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 (ties previous spring high)
Tennessee Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 64
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 8
Myrtle Warbler 69
Magnolia Warbler 82
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 3 (new spring high)
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Black-thr. Green Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 2
w. Palm Warbler 19
Ovenbird 57
Northern Waterthrush 1
Mourning Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 35
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Hooded Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 11
Canada Warbler 9
American Redstart 10
Gray Catbird 72
Brown Thrasher 7
House Wren 24
Winter Wren 20
Brown Creeper 26
White-breasted Nuthatch 4 (new spring high)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
E. Tufted Titmouse 1
Black-capped Chickadee 23 (new spring high)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 242
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 244
Wood Thrush 14
Veery 27
Gray-cheeked Thrush 6
Swainson"s Thrush 28
Hermit Thrush 134
American Robin 63
Eastern Bluebird 1

John Miles
Bander-in-charge