September 26th and 27th, 2006

September 27th

Ruthven

There was lots of bird activity during pre dawn net opening. Hundreds of swallows were moving south over the river. The first net round was not disappointing, filling every net bag I carried with me. But by 9 o’clock, the wind was up, and the birds disappeared. It took me forever to close the leaf filled nets!

A small movement of Ruby crowned kinglets was evident today.

Banded 59: 1 LEFL, 2 BCCH, 17 RCKI, 2 GRCA, 1 BHVI, 1 WAVI, 3 REVI, 4 NAWA, 1 CSWA, 4 MAWA, 1 BTBW, 1 BTNW, 1 BLPW, 1 BAWW, 2 AMRE, 2 COYE, 1 WIWA, 1 CHSP, 2 SOSP, 8 WTSP, 1 HOSP, and 2 AMGO.

Retrapped 12: 2 DOWO, 5 BCCH, 1 WBNU, 1 GRCA, 1 TEWA, 1 AMGO, and 1 NOCA.

2 of the retrapped Chickadee’s were originally banded in July from the same net at the same time, and I retrapped them together from the same net at the same time today. They are both hatch year birds.

Loretta

Selkirk

While numbers present in the banding area have been falling off from the last peak on Monday it was still a decent day at Selkirk.

Banded; SSHA 1, MODO 1, BLJA 1, HOWR 1, WIWR 1, GCKI 3, RCKI 2, GCTH 2, AMRO 2, BHVI 2, REVI 1, NAWA 4, CSWA 1, MAWA 3, BTBW 3, MYWA 1, PIWA 1=30

John


September 26th

Selkirk

A little quieter day at Selkirk today although the variety was a bit better.

Banded: SSHA 1, MODO 1, EAPH 1, BLJA 3, BCCH 2, RBNU 1, RCKI 3, GCTH 1, HETH 1, AMRO 2, GRCA 1, BRTH 1, BHVI 1, REVI 1, NAWA 2, MAWA 4, BTBW 3, MYWA 3, BLBW 2, BAWW 1, AMRE 2, OVEN 3, COYE 1, WTSP 1 = 42

John