Bird banding at the
Neawanna Observatory
Winter sparrows
Hummingbirds
Neotropical migrants
Recapture Analysis
The Neawanna Banding Station is located in Seaside, OR and is part of an on-going
inventory and restoration project for the Neawanna System. The banding station is
located on a riparian corridor and is primarily designed to monitor neotropical migrant
phenologies. Our banding season runs from mid-March through early-October with
a break in July when activity is low.
Up to eight 9m mist nets are placed in mixed Oregon Crabapple/Twinberry/Spruce
along the the upper Neawanna River, Seaside, Clatsop Co. OR. Captured birds are
measured, ringed with USBBL numbered metal bands and released. Data on time of
capture and side of net captured are also recorded to gain an understanding of movements
through the area.
Neawanna                                1999    2000    2001    2002    2003    2004    2005    
                                                                
Hours                                   42      82      75      86      72      72      66      495
Net*hours                               330     561     516     645     542     572     521     3686
                                                                
 Sharp-shinned Hawk           SSHA                                                      1       1
 Calliope Hummingbird         CAHU                              1       1                       2
 Rufous Hummingbird           RUHU      35      30      33      51      36      45      20      250
 Downy Woodpecker             DOWO      3               1       1       1       2       1       9
 Hairy Woodpecker             HAWO      1                                                       1
 Red-shafted Flicker          RSFL                      1                       2       1       4
 Belted Kingfisher            BEKI                              1       2                       3
 Violet-green Swallow         VGSW      1                                                       1
 Barn Swallow                 BARS                                              1               1
 Steller's Jay                STJA      2       2               1       1       2       1       9
 Western Wood-pewee           WWPE                                              2               2
 Pacific-slope Flycatcher     PSFL      2       1       1                               2       6
 Willow Flycatcher            WIFL      1               1       2               1       1       6
 Chestnut-backed Chickadee    CBCH      2       6       7       3       1       5       1       25
 Black-capped Chickadee       BCCH      7       6       11      12      10      6       7       59
 Common Bushtit               BUSH      2       12      22              31      5       5       77
 Brown Creeper                BRCR                                                      1       1
 Golden-crowned Kinglet       GCKI      1       4               1       4       4       3       17
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet         RCKI              15      14      25      12      17      2       85
 Hutton's Vireo               HUVI                                                      1       1
 Warbling Vireo               WAVI      1       1       2       1                               5
 Orange-crowned Warbler       OCWA      31      34      9       57      50      31      39      251
 Yellow Warbler               YWAR      34      14      7       8       6       4       2       75
 Townsend's Warbler           TOWA      2               1                                       3
 Black-throated Gray Warbler  BTYW      1                       1       2                       4
 Macgillivray's Warbler       MGVW                      2       2               1               5
 Northern Waterthrush         NOWA                      1                               1       2
 Wilson's Warbler             WIWA      17      18      16      28      12      4       11      106
 Common Yellowthroat          COYE      15      24      13      17      16      20      20      125
 American Robin               AMRO      9       8       3       7       4       4       1       36
 Varied Thrush                VATH                              1                       0       1
 Swainson's Thrush            SWTH      25      14      14      19      7       13      9       101
 Hermit Thrush                HETH      9       3       6       13      3       1       3       38
 Cedar Waxwing                CEDW      16      9       23      13      13      14      19      107
 Wrentit                      WREN                      2                       2       0       4
 Bewick's Wren                BEWR      5       4       9       6       4       2       3       33
 Winter Wren                  WIWR      3       10      3               1       6       3       26
 Marsh Wren                   MAWR              5       7       5       5       7       1       30
 Black-headed Grosbeak        BHGR              6       3               2       1       0       12
 Spotted Towhee               SPTO              2       1       1       3       6       3       16
 Oregon Junco                 ORJU              11      13      16      11      2       2       55
 Golden-crowned Sparrow       GCSP      2       1               2       7       4       3       19
 White-crowned Sparrow        WCSP      1       4                                       0       5
 Fox Sparrow                  FOSP              24      1       8       19      8       0       60
 Lincoln's Sparrow            LISP      7       1       2       2       1       6       3       22
 Song Sparrow                 SOSP      23      56      37      26      47      26      16      231
 Red-winged Blackbird         RWBL                      1                               0       1
 Brown-headed Cowbird         BHCO              1               1               2       0       4
 Purple Finch                 PUFI      6       15      6       32      21      16      23      119
 House Finch                  HOFI              6       1               5               1       13
 Pine Siskin                  PISI      1               1                               0       2
 American Goldfinch           AMGO                              2               2       0       4
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
Recaptures                                                              
 Rufous Hummingbird           RUHU              1       6       5       2       2       1       17
 Downy Woodpecker             DOWO      1                       2               1               4
 Steller's Jay                STJA                                              1               1
 Black-capped Chickadee       BCCH      3       8       10      11      11      8       1       52
 Chestnut-backed Chickadee    CBCH                      5       3               1               9
 Common Bushtit               BUSH              1               1       10      1               13
 Golden-crowned Kinglet       GCKI                                              2               2
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet         RCKI              2       5       6       6                       19
 Orange-crowned Warbler       OCWA                      1       3                               4
 Wilson's Warbler             WIWA      2                       2       2               1       7
 Common Yellowthroat          COYE      4       3       4       2       1               2       16
 American Robin               AMRO      1               2       1       2               1       7
 Swainson's Thrush            SWTH      9       3       5       5       4       5       7       38
 Hermit Thrush                HETH                                                      1       1
 Cedar Waxwing                CEDW                      2                               2       4
 Bewick's Wren                BEWR      3       1       5       5       6       4       2       26
 Marsh Wren                   MAWR                      1                                       1
 Winter Wren                  WIWR                      1                                       1
 Black-headed Grosbeak        BHGR                      1               1                       2
 Spotted Towhee               SPTO                      1                               1       2
 Oregon Junco                 ORJU              1       1       2       7       1               12
 Fox Sparrow                  FOSP              5       3       3       9       4               24
 Song Sparrow                 SOSP      3       35      27      26      16      33      19      159
 Golden-crowned Sparrow       GCSP                              1       2                       3
 Brown-headed Cowbird         BHCO              1       2                                       3
 Purple Finch                 PUFI                                              4       1       5
                                                                
                                                                
new captures                            265     347     275     366     338     274     210     2075
total captures                          291     408     357     444     417     342     249     2508
diversity                                                                                       52