Bird Banding in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA (1 Viewer)

Larry Lade · Oct 11, 2007

10-11-2007

Birds Banded:

Brown Creeper - 1
..............Winter Wren - 1 (Netted by escaped without being banded)
Marsh Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 5
Nashville Warbler - 5
Song Sparrow - 2
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 5
Dark-eyed Junco - 2

Recaptured birds:
Philadelphia Vireo - 1 (Banded by us yesterday)
Nashville Warbler - 1 (Banded earlier today by us)
Northern Cardinal - 1 (we banded this last year)

Larry Lade · Oct 24, 2007

October 24, 2007

Bird Banding at the Missouri Western State University Campus, St.
Joseph, Missouri

This morning Jack, Karen and I netted and banded thirty-seven (37)
birds consisting of thirteen (13) species. Once again, as expected, the
sparrows made a good showing. We are had four (4) recaptured birds which
we had banded previously.

Birds Banded:
1. Tufted Titmouse - 2
2. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6
3. Orange-crowned Warbler - 3
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
5. Field Sparrow - 2
6. Fox Sparrow - 2
7. Song Sparrow - 5
8. Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
9. Swamp Sparrow - 2
10. White-throated Sparrow - 5
11. Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored form) - 6
12. Northern Cardinal - 1
13. American Goldfinch - 1

Recaptured birds (banded on previous dates)
1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Orange-crowned Warbler
3. White-throated Sparrow
4. Northern Cardinal

* We also had a couple of recaptures which had been banded by us today.

Mark Bruce · Oct 26, 2007

Thanks Larry, a very intresting thread.

Larry Lade · Oct 26, 2007

October 26, 2007, Bird Banding, Saint Joseph, Missouri

The temperatures are dropping and we will have to cease banding operations in a week or so. This morning we only netted twenty-one (21) birds representing ten (10) species. Of these 21 birds we banded 20, one bird was a recaptured individual.

Birds Banded:
House Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
American Robin - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 2
American Goldfinch - 8

Recaptured:
Song Sparrow - 1

Larry Lade · Oct 28, 2007

Not very much bird activity at all this morning at the University Campus.

Birds Banded:
Winter Wren - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Dark-eyed Junco - 4

Larry Lade · Sep 3, 2008

Jack and I have been banding/ringing birds at Missouri Western State University Campus for a couple of weeks now. However, we have not banded very many birds as the migration is somewhat slow this season.

This morning we banded fifteen (15) birds at this banding site. Also in attendance was Ted Vawter, a BFer who was in town visiting his mother.

We netted and banded multiples of Wilson's Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Least Flycatcher, "Trail's" (Adler/Willow) Flycatcher and one Northern Cardinal. We also netted a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird but immediately released it as we do not band hummingbirds.

Larry Lade · Sep 11, 2008

It has been rather slow going this fall as we have not netted very many birds. We have been getting a few wood warblers, Canada, Wilson's, Mourning, Nashville, Ovenbird, etc. But it has not been as good as it was last year at this time. We have also been getting quite a few Least & "Trail's" (Alder/Willow) Flycatchers. Today we only had an Ovenbird, Nashville Warbler and Least Flycatcher before the rain came and we had to put up the nets. Yesterday among the birds we caught and banded was this one. A first one of these which I have banded.

Larry Lade · Sep 15, 2008

We had a cool front move through last night and the banding activity really picked up this morning on the university campus.

In 2 1/2 hours we netted and banded 32 birds of 12 species.

Least Flycatcher - 3
Ovenbird - 1
Gray Catbird - 5
Nashville Warbler - 9
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 1
"Trail's" (Alder/Willow) Flycatcher - 4
Brown Thrasher - 2
Wilson's Warbler - 1
House Wren - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 1

Larry Lade · Sep 16, 2008

September 16, 2008 Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, Missouri

Things dropped off somewhat this morning as we netted about 1/2 the number of birds which we banded yesterday.

Netted but escaped while I attempted to retrieve them:
Philadelphia Vireo - 1
Ovenbird - 1 (Not to worry we did net/band three of these eventually.)

One recaptured:
"Trail's" Flycatcher (that's an Alder or a Willow Flycatcher) - 1 (banded yesterday)

Bird netted and banded (fifteen birds of ten species):
Swainson's Thrush - 1
Ovenbird - 3
House Wren - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
Nashville Warbler - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1

Larry Lade · Sep 17, 2008

And less birds banded/ringed today, September 17, at university campus.

Gray Catbird - 5
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 1
American Redstart - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
American Goldfinch -1

Larry Lade · Sep 19, 2008

Not too many birds again today.

First attachment is the same bird as in the Bird ID thread (here) I posted today. (Ovenbird)

Second attachment is one of the Nashville Warblers.

Ovenbird - 2
Nashville Warbler - 3
Gray Catbird - 1

Larry Lade · Sep 20, 2008

Netted & Banded

Here is another one we caught and banded a few days ago. It was our first one this year. Last year during the fall season we netted and banded twenty-two (22) of this species.

Larry Lade · Sep 25, 2008

Here are a couple of birds we netted and banded today.

Larry Lade · Sep 30, 2008

This morning at Missouri Western State University Campus (Saint Joseph, Missouri) we banded 30 birds of 14 different species (with one additional species recapture).

* On hand were Karen, Dave, Jack and Larry.

House Wren - 3
Winter Wren - 1
Gray Catbird - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Nashville Warbler - 11
Orange-crowned Warbler - 2, + one recapture
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
"Trail's" (Willow or Alder) Flycatcher - one recapture

Below are three of the birds we banded.

Janie Ellington · Oct 1, 2008

This "banding is a bit upsetting to me. I would like to learn more about it. Doesn't it stress these little guys terribly to be caught? I would also like to learn more about proper banding techniques. I have read that banding is a hazard to the birds. Any reassurance?

Larry Lade · Oct 1, 2008

Janie, the "ringing/banding" issue has been discussed at some length here on BirdForum. For some views offered I would direct you to this thread as a starting point.

Click here

Here is another thread on this issue.

Click here

KC Foggin · Oct 1, 2008

Janie, you might want to do some research on banding. It has some very good benefits on keeping track of the number of songbird declines. You might want to do some reading here: Patuxent Wildlife Research

Johnny Allan · Oct 8, 2008

Hi Larry, Britain's first "Trail's" (Alder/Willow) Flycatcher has just turned up in Cornwall. Judging by your ringing records, they are difficult to seperate, even in the hand. Do they call much this time of year, are their calls obviously different ?

Kind regards

Johnny Allan

Larry Lade · Oct 10, 2009

A Fair Day Bird Banding

Yesterday, October 9th, we had one of our better days bird banding on the campus of Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, Missouri. We banded a total of forty-five (45) birds of nineteen (19) species. Also, we had a couple of re-captures.

** See below for the interesting re-capture.

List of birds banded (taken from our Bird Record Sheet):
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8
Orange-crowned Warbler - 5
Nashville Warbler - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Northern Cardinal - 3
Clay-colored Sparrow - 1
American Robin - 4
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored) - 2
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
House Wren - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER - 2 (* In some forty (40) years of bird banding Jack Hilsabeck had never banded this species! And, we actually banded not one, but two! One was an adult female and the other was a "hatch year" bird of undetermined sex.)

** One of the re-captured birds was a Least Flycatcher. We had banded it on September 23rd this year. It seems to be a little late in the season for this species to be in our area!

Larry Lade · Oct 10, 2009

Sorry, Johnny, for being "a year late and and dollar short".

In answer to your question, the Alder Flycatcher and Willow Flycatcher do have different calls. This is the best way to distinguish between the two.

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