Powdermill Winter 04_05 Banding Totals

Powdermill Nature Reserve
Winter
(December-February)
2004-2005

Bird Banding Summary

Winter banding took place on 49 days this year from December 4th - February 27th with 240 new birds banded of 20 different species. American Goldfinch came in first with 114 banded and our once long time leader in banding totals, the Dark-eyed Junco, came in a far second with only 42. Our winter 2004-05 total is well below the 42 year average of 472 captures; in fact, only nine other winters have ever been lower. The graph below depicts banding totals for the past 44 winter banding seasons along with the number of banding days for each season. Notice most of the lower totals occurred during the earlier years, when winterized housing was not available on the Reserve and banding occurred only sporadically.

ChartObject Powdermill Nature Reserve Winter Banding Totals by Year

The table below lists our totals for the season by species. With so few birds banded this winter, our only two truly notable captures were our thirteenth ever winter banded Yellow-rumped Warbler and our 10th ever winter Hermit Thrush (see past pictorial highlights from January).

STATISTICS	Running Winter Totals
Number of birds banded	240
Number of species banded	20
Number net-trap hours	1,175
No. birds/100 net-trap hours	20.4
No. Recaptures	627

SPECIES	Running Season Totals
*Mallard*	0
*American Bittern*	0
*Green Heron*	0
*Sharp-shinned Hawk*	0
*Solitary Sandpiper*	0
*Spotted Sandpiper*	0
*Wilson's Snipe*	0
*American Woodcock*	0
*Mourning Dove*	14
*Eastern Screech-Owl*	0
*Northern Saw-whet Owl*	0
*Belted Kingfisher*	0
*Red-bellied Woodpecker*	1
*Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*	0
*Downy Woodpecker*	0
*Hairy Woodpecker*	0
*Northern Flicker*	0
*Pileated Woodpecker*	0
*Blue-headed Vireo*	0
*Blue Jay*	3
*Carolina Chickadee*	0
*Black-capped Chickadee*	15
*Tufted Titmouse*	12
*Red-breasted Nuthatch*	0
*White-breasted Nuthatch*	3
*Brown Creeper*	0
*Carolina Wren*	0
*House Wren*	0
*Winter Wren*	0
*Marsh Wren*	0
*Golden-crowned Kinglet*	1
*Ruby-crowned Kinglet*	0
*Eastern Bluebird*	0
*Hermit Thrush*	1
*American Robin*	0
*Gray Catbird*	0
*Northern Mockingbird*	0
*European Starling*	0
*Cedar Waxwing*	0
*Yellow-rumped Warbler*	1
*Eastern Towhee*	0
*American Tree Sparrow*	7
*Chipping Sparrow*	1
*Field Sparrow*	0
*Savannah Sparrow*	0
*Grasshopper Sparrow*	0
*Henslow's Sparrow*	0
*Fox Sparrow*	4
*Song Sparrow*	0
*Lincoln's Sparrow*	0
*Swamp Sparrow*	0
*White-throated Sparrow*	0
*White-crowned Sparrow*	0
*Dark-eyed Junco*	42
*Northern Cardinal*	7
*Indigo Bunting*	0
*Red-winged Blackbird*	2
*Rusty Blackbird*	0
*Common Grackle*	1
*Brown-headed Cowbird*	0
*Purple Finch*	5
*House Finch*	0
*Pine Siskin*	1
*American Goldfinch*	117
*Evening Grosbeak*	0
*House Sparrow*	2
Running Season Total	240

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Last Updated on 03/31/05
By Adrienne J. Leppold