Bird Banding at Caddo Lake

Weather Conditions:  The morning low temperature was 54º F and the afternoon high was 75º F with partly cloudy skies. Winds were calm.
 

Number of Nets:  Nine nets were set up between 9:30-10:30.  Two additional nets were set up between 11:05-11:25 a.m.

Time:  Nets were closed between 5:05-5:35 p.m. 

Next Banding Date:  We hope to band again on Saturday, October 22, weather permitting.  Watch our bird-banding home page or check with Tom Walker [E-mail: twalkercaddolaketx(at)att.net] for the latest information. 

 

Birds that were seen or heard (including banded species):  22 Species Observed  ~ Walker Farm, Marion County, Texas
Turkey Vulture Wood Duck Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker	Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay Fish Crow American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren	Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Nashville Warbler (7) Summer Tanager Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting

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Hermit Thrush	Ruby-crowned Kinglet (female)	Lincoln's Sparrow
Photos by Tom Walker, October 22, 2005

 

 

Indigo Bunting (juvenile)	Northern Mockingbird (with berry stains)
Photos by Tom Walker, October 22, 2005

 

 

Saturday, October 22, 2005:  Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the bird-banding efforts.  Other participants and visitors included Tom Walker of Jefferson, Rick Lowerre and Mary Kelly of Austin, Dr. Jack and Mary Jane Sanders of Marshall, and Tony Novak of Karnack. 

 

Weather Conditions:  The morning low temperature was 47º F and the afternoon high was 69º F with sunny skies and calm winds.
 

Number of Nets:  Fourteen (14)

 

Time:  We started putting up nets at 8:45 a.m. and all nets were down by 3:40 p.m. 

 

Next Banding Date:  We plan to band again on Saturday, November 5, weather permitting.  Watch our bird-banding home page or check with Tom Walker [E-mail: twalkercaddolaketx(at)att.net] for the latest information. 

 

 

BANDING SUMMARY: (9 species)                    New Retrap Unbanded Total

 

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)         1      1      0      2

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)        1      0      0      1

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)             1      0      0      1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)                1      0      0      1
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)         1      0      0      1

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)        1      2      0      3

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)                1      0      0      1
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)          1      0      0      1

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  3      0      0      3

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Totals                                          11      3      0     14

 

 

HISTORY OF RETRAPS (2 species; 3 individuals): Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses.

Carolina Wren 1861-80999 (01-08-05) 02-26-2005, 04-05-2005, 10-08-2005 Northern Cardinal 1621-10270 (01-15-2005) 05-07-2005 1621-16724 (03-12-2005)

 

 

Birds that were seen or heard (including banded species):  23 Species Observed  ~ Walker Farm, Marion County, Texas
Black Vulture Turkey Vulture American Woodcock Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay	American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush	Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Eastern Towhee Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting

 

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