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A very beautiful, but slow day. We only banded a total of 6 birds. But we had good company, with a great turnout of volunteers: Polly, Kim, Charlie, Natalie, Jason, and Emily. We continue the trend of catching varied thrushes. New Captures: pine siskin (1), black-capped chickadee (2), varied thrush (1) Recaptures: black-capped chickadee . . . → Read More: Winter Color Banding Report – Saunders Site, March 25 A typical day at the Saunders Site. We continue to get varied thrushes nearly every banding session. New captures: Oregon junco(1), varied thrush (1), pine siskin (2), black-capped chickadee (3), red-breasted nuthatch (1), chestnut-backed chickadee (1) Recaptures: Oregon junco (1), black-capped chickadee (1), chestnut-backed chickadee (1) Thanks to the volunteers Natalie, Polly, Kim, and . . . → Read More: Winter Color Banding Report – Saunders Site, March 11 The day was highlighted by strange weather. Although we had to close the nets for about an hour due to snow, we enjoyed the day. We banded a total of 13 birds, mostly of the usual suspects (chickadees, juncos, sparrows), but we also got a pair of varied thrushes (male and female found together . . . → Read More: Winter Color Banding Report – Saunders Site, Feb. 29 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 We had a great turn-out on Sunday. The weather was overcast, but remained dry. We had the greatest diversity of species banded thus far for this new site (seven species). We also got a chance to really compare various ages of chestnut-backed chickadees. Don, Mike, and Jason comparing three chestnut-backed chickadees (photo by . . . → Read More: Winter Color Banding Report – Saunders Site, Feb. 12 The day started a little drizzly and pretty slow, but ended with a bunch of activity. We got a great look at the difference between plumages of male and female red-breasted nuthatches. The female had a grayish colored crown which didn’t contrast very much with the gray back color The male had a black crown with very . . . → Read More: Winter Color Banding – Saunders Site – January 29, 2012 We had a late start today due to light rain. We opened the nets about an hour late, and only opened 3 of our usual 4 nets. One net is under a large tree and there was just too much dripping from the tree to be able to open that net. The day was . . . → Read More: Saunders Site Banding – 12/11/2011 Written by Kira L. Wennstrom, edited by Mary Huff It was a chilly, damp morning and bird activity was slow, but we still had some exciting moments. We caught twelve new birds and recaptured seven, including: Bewick's Wren recaptured at Shoreline CC on 11/26/2011 Oregon Junco–4 new House Finch–4 new Fox Sparrow–3 new . . . → Read More: Shoreline CC Banding Report 11/26/11 (By PSBO Board Member Suzanne Tomassi – Updated October 15, 2011) This spring I was able to assist Bruce Beehler, Vice President of the Indonesia-Pacific Islands research program of Conservation International, on a climate change study that’s taking place in Papua New Guinea’s YUS Conservation Area. The study is looking at a number of taxa, . . . → Read More: Papua New Guinea mist-netting Morse Preserve: July 3rd, 2011 By Emma White In attendance: Ben Vang-Johnson, Clarice Clark, Mark Colombino, Jerry Broadus, Don Norman, Emma White. Rufous Hummingbird 1 Chestnut-Backed Chickadee 2 Pacific Wren 5 Swainson’s Thrush 4 Cedar Waxwing 2 Orange-Crowned Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Spotted Towhee 3 Song Sparrow 1 Oregon Junco 3 Purple Finch . . . → Read More: July 3rd MAPS Banding at Morse |
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