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Written by Kira Wennstrom, edited by Mary Huff Though the day started a little damp, the site was very active today. We caught 32 birds, though only 31 were banded (we released a Pine Siskin due to a shortage of size zero bands.) Here are the tallies: 5 new Oregon Juncos and 2 recaptures 2 new . . . → Read More: Banding Report, 3/10/12 Written by Chris Southwick, edited by Mary Huff Lots of wind, and a little cool sun conspired to keep the bird numbers down. We only caught 17 birds: 7 Oregon Junco, all new 3 Black-capped Chickadees, 1 new, 2 recaptures 1 Chestnut-backed Chickadee, new 5 Pine Siskins, 4 new, 1 recapture 1 Varied Thrust, new We also had . . . → Read More: Banding Report, 3/7/12 My son, Alex, foster daughter, Jonali, and I attended PSBO’s owl box building event at the beginning of this month in Edmonds. It was wonderfully organized by PSBO board members Cindy and Mark. We started with a short bird watching walk. The highlight was a group of common redpolls. After that, the real fun . . . → Read More: Screech Owl Nest Box Building Despite working on the BP Oil Spill in Louisiana for much of the last 20 months, PSBO Board Member Don Norman returned to the northwest in June in 2010 and 2011 to complete BBS routes that he’s been running for more than a decade. “In one day I get a glimpse of the birds . . . → Read More: PSBO Board Member Returns to NW to Run Established Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) Routes Written by Dawn Garcia, edited by Mary Huff PSBO member and experienced bander Dawn Garcia recently recaptured a Northern Saw-whet Owl (NSWO) in Chico, CA, that was banded earlier this year in Montana. Dawn set up a NSWO fall migration monitoring station at Chico State University after leaving the Pacific Northwest in 2005 to attend school there. She and her . . . → Read More: PSBO member Dawn Garcia Recaptures Foreign-Banded Northern Saw-whet Owl Summary from the Southwick Site, written by Chris Southwick, edited by Mary Huff Despite the fact that we didn’t start banding until 0920 due to the cold–it finally warmed up to 38 degrees F–we still managed to catch 37 birds with less than two full hours of open nets. Highlights included a Hatch Year (HY) Downy Woodpecker . . . → Read More: 11/20/2011 Color-banding Phone interview with Paul Bannick, 11/17/2011, by Christine Southwick Editor’s Note: View Paul Bannick’s photo “Snowy Owl Singing in Fog” here Today I talked to Paul Bannick, Author and Photographer of The Owl and The Woodpecker. With the reports of sighting along the Washington coast, this year appears to be an irruptive year for the . . . → Read More: Snowy Owl Facts and Precautions The second day of banding at the new Saunders site was very successful. It was overcast and damp, but we had a lot of bird activity. We are still experimenting with this site, trying to figure out the best net positions. We tried a new net and it was very successful. It is located . . . → Read More: Saunders Site Banding Summary, Nov. 13 Chris Southwick sent the following report from the second day of color-banding at her house this fall: My thanks to a great team today! 12 people. With so many banders, we were able to take care of all the birds we caught. Nets were open the whole time. (Picture is missing Mark Colombino, . . . → Read More: Color-banding Day 2… PSBO’s bander training program, the Cascades Banding Camp is in its eighth summer. We offer a six night course for adults and a five night course for teens. This year’s adult camp, full to capacity, began today with twelve adults from across the United States convening at McDaniel Lake to begin a six day . . . → Read More: Adult Banding Camp 2011 Off and Running |
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