Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Banding Results 6/1
Following are the results.
Date: June 1, 2010
Site: BCEP
Weather 61-64*F, winds calm to B3 gusts, cc%-100
Net hours: 36
Banders: Garcia, C. Martin- thanks!!!
Birds captured: 28 individuals of 11 species
1 Anna hummer
1 Black-chinned hummer
9 Bushtit (all juveniles)
3 Lesser goldfinch (1 recap from 4/09- she's at least in her 4th year)
2 Orange-crowned warbler
1 Pacific- slope flycatcher
6 Oak titmouse (1 recap from 8/2006- at least 5 years old!, 4 juvs)
2 Bewick's wren (both juvs)
1 House finch (recap
1 Ash-throated flycatcher
1 Nuttall's woodpecker (male orginally captured 9/2008, now ~4 years old)
credit of Dawn Garcia
Friday, May 21, 2010
Banding Results 5/21 and 5/26
Following are the results for our last 2 banding sessions:
Date: May 26, 2010
Site: EIFS- BCCER
Weather: 50-62*F, overcast/occasional drizzle, calm to moderate wind gusts
Net hours: 36
Banders: Garcia, S and R King-thanks!!
Birds captured: 16 of 10 species
3 Orange-crowned warbler (1 same season recap)
1 Chipping sparrow
1 MacGillivray's warbler
1 Purple finch
2 Spotted towhee
2 White breasted nuthatch
2 Black-headed grosbeak
1 Ash-throated flycatcher (same season recap, see pic)
2 Wrentit (recap from Nov/2009)
1 Anna's hummer
Date: May 21st, 2010
Site: BCCER-EIFS
Weather: 53-62 degrees F with light to moderate breeze
Net Hours: 36
Banders: Julie Nelson, Steve & Raina King-thanks!
Birds captured: 13 birds of 7 species.
5 - Wilson's Warblers (check out the pic showing differences in male and female crowns)
1 - Wrentit (ecap)
1 - Bewick's Wren (Recap)
2 - Ash-throated Flycatcher
2 - Orange-crown Warbler (both recaps)
1 - Swainson's Thrush
1 - MacGillivray's Warble
credit of Dawn Garcia
Friday, May 14, 2010
Banding Results 5/14
Following are the results.
Date: May 14, 2010
Site BCEP
Weather 50-70*f, winds calm to B3 gusts, cc%-0-35
Net hours: 30
Banders: Garcia, S&R King, thanks!!!
Birds captured: 47 of 16 species
25 Wilson's warbler (1 recap from 2 days ago)
2 Bushtit
1 Chipping sparrow (a rare detection and capture)
1 Common Yellowthroat ( a rare detection and capture)
1 Bewick's wren
1 MacGillvrays warbler
1 Lazuli bunting
3 House finch
1 Yellow-breasted chat
1 Yellow warbler
1 Ash-throated flycatcher
4 Black-headed grosbeak (1 recap)
2 Lesser goldfinch
1 Wrentit (recap)
1 Anna's hummer
1 Black-chinned hummer
credit of Dawn Garcia
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Date: May 12, 2010
Site: BCEP
Weather: ~50-70*F, winds calm to gusty, clear skies
Net hours: 28
Banders: Garcia, S&R King, J. Nelson (thanks!)
Birds captured: 32 individuals of 15 species
10 Wilson's warbler (pic)
3 Bushtit
2 Yellow Warbler
3 House finch
1 Yellow-breasted chat
1 Swainson's thrush
1 Downy woodpecker
1 Black-headed grosbeak
2 Black-chinned hummers (both female)
2 Warbling vireo
1 Lazuli bunting (see pic)
1 Bewick's wren (recap female from 9/09 with brood patch)
1 Nuttall's woodpecker (male from 5/2009 at least 3 years old with brood patch)
2 Black Phoebe (1 recap from 12/09 with brood patch and fledgling phoebe in net)
1 Wrentit (pic- a recap with broodpatch)
credit of Dawn Garcia
Thursday, April 29, 2010
It's just a bluebird
Until now, You had no idea what yellow was.
You've Gotta Love This
The Song of the Barren Wasteland
A True Jewel
Blackbirds of Kern
Search for LeConte's Thrasher
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Banding Results 4/25/10
Following are the results:
Site: BCEP
Date: April 25, 2010
Weather: 48-71*F, calm to breezy winds, clear skies
Net hours: 32
Banders: Garcia, R. King, C. Martin, G&A Sandoval (thanks!)
Birds captured: 10 individuals of 7 species
3 Lesser goldfinch (1 female recap from 4/2006! we originally aged her being in her third year- she is at least 6 years old!)
1 Orange-crowned warbler
1 Oak titmouse (Gerrardo brought his niece who had her first experience of seeing birds up-close and in the hand and was duly awed by their beauty-see pics of releasing titmouse).
2 Golden-crowned sparrow
1 Song sparrow
1 Yellow-breasted chat
1 Bewick's wren (recap from 4-2006, at least 5 years old! He has an amazing recapture history having been captured 12 times)
Results courtesy of Dawn Garcia!
Banding Results 4/23/10
Following are the banding results:
Site BCCER-EIF
Date: April 23, 2010
Weather: 45-70*F, clear, calm
Net hours: 40
Banders: Garcia, M. Ocken, S&R King (thanks great crew!)
Birds captured: 10 individuals of 8 species
1 Wilson's warbler
1 Nashville warbler (see pic)
1 MacGillivrays warbler (see pic)
1 Orange-crowned warbler
1 Gray flycatcher
2 Hermit thrush
2 Spotted towhee
1 CA. towhee
Results courtesy of Dawn Garcia!
Site BCCER-EIF
Date: April 23, 2010
Weather: 45-70*F, clear, calm
Net hours: 40
Banders: Garcia, M. Ocken, S&R King (thanks great crew!)
Birds captured: 10 individuals of 8 species
1 Wilson's warbler
1 Nashville warbler (see pic)
1 MacGillivrays warbler (see pic)
1 Orange-crowned warbler
1 Gray flycatcher
2 Hermit thrush
2 Spotted towhee
1 CA. towhee
Results courtesy of Dawn Garcia!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Banding 4/18/10
Following are the results:
Site: BCCER-TOSL
Date: April 18, 2010- sunday
Weather: 50-73*F, calm to light breeze, clear skies
Net Hours: 39.5
Banders: Garcia, S&R King, G.Sandovol, 3 Hubers!!- thanks everyone! Steve took all of the great pics too.
Birds captured: 12 individuals of 8 species;
3 Orange-crowned warbler (1 recap 4/09- at least 3 years old)
2 Bushtit (1 recap F from 5/2009- see nits [maybe lice eggs?] in head feathers)
1 Hammond's flycatcher (see pic [HAFL]- if anyone wants more evidence let me know- we've got it [see pic empid_research).
2 Spotted Towhee
1 Gambell's white-crowned sparrow
1 Bewick's wren (1 recap from 4/2007 is 5 years old!!!- still an undetermined sex due to no breeding characters at this time)
1 White-breasted nuthatch (recap from 5/09- this male is at least 4 years old)
1 Lesser Goldfinch (recap from '08- a 4 year old goldie!)
Credit of Dawn Garcia
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Banding 4/8/10
Following are the results.
Site: BCEP
Date: Thursday April 8, 2010
Weather: clear, calm to breezy, 51-62*F
Net Hours: 24.5
Banders: Garcia, S&R King, J Nelson, S&L Huber- thanks!
Birds captured: 20 individuals of 8 species
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
3 Hermit Thrush (1 recap from this season)
1 Spotted Towhee
2 Anna's hummer (both male)
1 Rufous hummer (male)
5 Bewick's wren (4 recaps, the oldest being at least 5 years old and recaptured many times over the years. This bird showed no breeding characters)
1 CA quail
Credit of Dawn Garcia
Spring has come
As a sign of spring, the Black headed Grosebeaks have been singing as well as the Black-throated-Gray Warblers. Also, the Rufous Hummingbirds have come. It is unique to catch hummingbirds, very unique to find two, but it is so odd that when you come up to a net, there are two, of two different species.
Bewick's Wren
Thursday, April 8, 2010
A beautiful sunset
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Anna's Hummingbird
We caught three Anna's Hummingbirds in the nets. Normally you don't even catch hummingbirds because they don't usually perch in the types of habitats where our nets are. First we had a female caught in the nets. When we tried to get her out of the net, she flew out. Luckily though, she came back and brought two males back with her. They all happened to fly in to the net. The unfortunate thing is that we were not allowed to band them because their legs are two small for our bands.
Banding 3/24/2010
Yesterday was one of my first banding excursions where I actually had quite a big part in the goings on. I was involved in; net runs, net extractions, scribing and releasing, all things that I have been involved in before, but never in such depth. We caught 15 individual birds of 6 species.
These are the totals for each species:
Orange-crowned Warbler (4)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3)
Anna’s Hummingbird (3)
Spotted Towhee (3)
California Quail (1)
Bushtit (1)
Golden crowned Sparrow (1)
I have included a sequence of photos of the process of catching the birds and then “processing” them. First, the Orange-crowned Warbler flies into and gets caught in the net, second, we “extract” the bird (take it out of the net, this takes an extremely gentle touch), and lastly, the bird is extracted and brought back to the banding and processing station where it is measured, weighed, examined, and banded.
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