POWDERMILL NATURE RESERVE
PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS
November 4-10, 2002

 
  • Saturday-Sunday, November 9-10, 2002: Conditions both days were cool, overcast, and breezy;  Adrienne Leppold, Carole  Shanahan, David Leibmann, Brian Jones, and Amy Cunkelman helped with the banding this weekend. Also on hand were Joe Smith, Bill DeLuca, and Collin Studds, all students from the Smithsonian Field Station


    • After a very busy day Thursday (153 birds; 204/100 net hours), the daily number of birds banded never topped 40 for the remainder of the week (although none of the days approched the weekly low of 9 birds banded Wednesday!).  While most of the birds banded were a seasonal mixture of members of the finch or kinglet groups,  the persistence of Brian Jones and Adrienne Leppold paid off with the season's second capture of a Northern Saw-whet Owl (the first being caught last weekend).  The new Saw-Whet was a second year female and is shown photos below:

  • Thursday-Friday, November 7-8, 2002: Thursday began with sleet in the early morning, changing to a cold drizzle and improving to overcast skies by late morning.   Clear skies overnight resulted in a light frost early Friday morning, althought afternoon temperatures warmed into the 60s.   Windy conditions reduced the banding effort Friday.  Adrienne Leppold helped with the banding Thursday and Carroll Labarthe helped Friday.


    • Thursday's banding effort added three new species to the Fall 2002 count, bringing the total to 107:  Common Grackle, House Sparrow, and the American Tree Sparrow (HY) pictured below.

    The majority of the day's catch, however, was composed of American Goldfinches (109/153 birds).
     
     

  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002: Rain, cold temperatures, and intermittent wind greatly limited our banding effort today; Randi Gerrish and Darlene Madarish helped with the banding.


    • In keeping with this "wintery" weather, three Dark-eyed Juncos topped the species list today; two Song Sparrows accounted for the only other species for which we had more than one individual banded.

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