Powdermill Bird Banding
Spring 2004

Season Totals

STATISTICS March
1st 
Half		 March
2nd 
Half		 April
1st 
Half		 April
2nd 
Half		 May
1st 
Half		 May
3rd 
Week		 May
4th 
Week		 Running 
Season 
Totals
Banding Totals 90 123 168 562 591 158 135 1827*
Number of Species 11 16 19 57 73 38 34 99
Number Net-Trap Hours 410 440 680 4305 4125 1390 1725 13,075
No. Birds/100 Net-Trap Hours 22.0 28.0 24.7 13.0 14.3 11.4 7.8 14.0
No. Recaptures  105 70 108 167 171 52 55 728

* Note: total does not include nine Louisiana Waterthrushes banded on nearby Powdermill Run as part of an ongoing study of Louisiana Waterthrush breeding ecology--these birds were included in the tables of our seasonal summary, however..
SPECIES March
1st
Half		 March
2nd 
Half		 April
1st
Half		 April
2nd 
Half		 May
1st 
Half		 May
3rd 
Week		 May
4th 
Week		 Running 
Season
Totals
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Solitary Sandpiper 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 9
Spotted Sandpiper 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Mourning Dove 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Black-billed Cuckoo 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0 0 0 3 19 8 12 42
Belted Kingfisher 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Downy Woodpecker 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Northern Flicker 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Acadian Flycatcher 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 11
Traill's Flycatcher 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 12
Least Flycatcher 0 0 0 2 13 1 0 16
Eastern Phoebe 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Eastern Kingbird 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
White-eyed Vireo 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Philadelphia Vireo 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7
Red-eyed Vireo 0 0 0 1 19 8 13 41
Blue Jay 0 0 1 39 19 0 0 59
Tree Swallow 0 0 0 18 0 1 1 20
Barn Swallow 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 7
Tufted Titmouse 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Carolina Wren 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
House Wren 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 11
Winter Wren 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 0 7 126 9 0 0 142
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 14
Eastern Bluebird 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Veery 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Gray-cheeked Thrush 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4
Swainson's Thrush 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 10
Hermit Thrush 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
Wood Thrush 0 0 0 9 22 0 7 38
American Robin 0 1 3 4 5 1 0 14
Gray Catbird 0 0 0 20 33 11 8 72
Brown Thrasher 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4
European Starling 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cedar Waxwing 0 0 0 0 9 30 28 67
Blue-winged Warbler 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 9
Golden-winged Warbler 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tennessee Warbler 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 13
Orange-crowned Warbler 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Nashville Warbler 0 0 0 11 48 1 0 60
Northern Parula 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5
Yellow Warbler 0 0 0 4 12 2 5 23
Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 8
Magnolia Warbler 0 0 0 1 58 11 2 72
Cape May Warbler 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 13
Blackburnian Warbler 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Prairie Warbler 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
"Western" Palm Warbler 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Blackpoll Warbler 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 13
Black-and-white Warbler 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
American Redstart 0 0 0 1 25 4 5 35
Worm-eating Warbler 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
Ovenbird 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 5
Northern Waterthrush 0 0 0 3 7 4 1 15
Kentucky Warbler 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 8
Mourning Warbler 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4
Common Yellowthroat 0 0 0 18 37 4 0 59
Hooded Warbler 0 0 0 5 11 2 3 21
Wilson's Warbler 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 13
Canada Warbler 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 10
Scarlet Tanager 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 11
Eastern Towhee 0 0 0 16 3 0 0 19
American Tree Sparrow 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Chipping Sparrow 0 0 2 16 1 0 0 19
Field Sparrow 1 1 7 14 1 0 1 25
Fox Sparrow 3 19 3 3 0 0 0 28
Song Sparrow 43 41 46 15 7 1 8 161
Lincoln's Sparrow 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 8
Swamp Sparrow 0 0 2 40 2 1 1 46
White-throated Sparrow 0 0 0 31 8 0 0 39
White-crowned Sparrow 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
Dark-eyed Junco 10 31 58 10 0 0 0 109
Northern Cardinal 4 2 0 10 4 0 0 20
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Indigo Bunting 0 0 0 1 8 11 2 22
Red-winged Blackbird 1 1 0 33 12 5 2 54
Rusty Blackbird 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 12
Common Grackle 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5
Orchard Oriole 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
Baltimore Oriole 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7
Purple Finch 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
American Goldfinch 20 19 18 28 39 10 5 139
House Sparrow 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Banding Totals 90 123 168 562 591 158 135 1827

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Last Updated on 7/17/04
By Adrienne J. Leppold