Bird
Bandingat Caddo Lake
Bird
Banding
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Fox Sparrow photos (above) by Tom Walker.
December 18, 2001 -- This is a report of our bird-banding effort on Thursday, December 18, 2001. Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the activity. Other participants included Gary Clendenen of UT-Tyler; Peggy Harding of Kilgore; Diane Jones of Jonesville, Texas; Troy Ladine of ETBU, Marshall, Texas; Dorothy Metzler of Longview; and Tom Walker of Jefferson.
Location: The activities took place just west of Caddo Lake in Marion County on Boots Walker Road (near Jefferson, Texas).
Weather Conditions: Clear and sunny with occasional high cloudiness. Morning lows were in the 30's and the high was near 60.
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Number of Nets: 11 nets from 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.; 6 nets at sparrow field from 2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Banding Summary:
Species (11) New Retraps Total
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
1 2
3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
2
0 2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
3
0 3
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
7
6 13
Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
3
1 4
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
5
0 5
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
2
2 4
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
1
0 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
5
2 7
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
6
0 6
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
2
0 2
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Totals
37
13 50
List of Retraps (13):
Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses.
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Carolina Wren
Savannah Sparrow |
LeConte's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
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Birds that were seen or heard
(including banded species):
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Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Great Horned Owl (about sundown) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren (1 banded, 2 retrapped) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2 banded) Hermit Thrush (3 banded) |
American Robin Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwings Eastern Towhee Savannah Sparrow (7 banded, 6 retrapped) Le Conte's Sparrow (3 banded, 1 retrapped) Fox Sparrow (5 banded) Song Sparrow (2 banded, 2 retrapped) Lincoln's Sparrow (1 banded) White-throated Sparrow (5 banded, 2 retrapped) Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal (6 banded) American Goldfinch (2 banded) Total Species Observed: 27 |
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Le Conte's Sparrow |
Savannah Sparrow |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
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White-throated Sparrow photos by Tom Walker.
December 27, 2001 -- This is a report of our bird-banding effort for Thursday, December 27, 2001. Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the activity. Other participants included Dorothy Metzler of Longview, Peggy Harding of Kilgore, True Mann of Longview and Dallas, Donald Brillhart of Woodlawn, Texas, and Tom Walker of Jefferson.
Location: The activities took place just west of Caddo Lake in Marion County on Boots Walker Road (near Jefferson, Texas).
Weather Conditions: Clear and breezy. The morning low was near freezing and the high reached into the mid-50's.
Time: 8:35 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Number of Nets: 13
Banding Summary: (Does not include escapees)
Species (7) New Retraps Total
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
1 2
3
Winter
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
1
0 1
Brown
Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
2
0 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
11
5 16
Dark-eyed
Junco (Junco hyemalis)
1
0 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
10
3 13
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
2 1
3
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Totals
28 11
39
List of Retraps (11):
Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses.
Carolina
Wren
1521-68029 (11-17-2001) 12-18-2001
1521-68039 (12-18-2001)
White-throated
Sparrow
1521-67846 (04-15-2000)
1521-67871 (11-11-2000) 03-17-2001, 04-14-2001
1521-67894 (11-25-2000)
1521-67969 (03-10-2001)
1521-68011 (04-14-2001)
Northern
Cardinal
1781-80007 (10-20-2001)
1781-80012 (10-20-2001)
1781-80016 (10-20-2001)
American
Goldfinch
1990-28120 (12-18-2001)
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Birds that were seen
or heard (including banded species):
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Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Barred Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren Winter Wren |
Eastern Bluebird American Robin Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Meadowlark species Common Grackle American Goldfinch |
Next Banding Date: Ground Hog Day, Saturday, February 2, 2002 (weather permitting).
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Brown Thrasher |
Northern Cardinal |
Winter Wren |
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Jim measuring wing chord. |
Jim Ingold folding mist nets. |
Winter Wren |
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