http://home.wi.rr.com/phunter1/050913UECbanding.html

9/13 Urban Ecology Center.
Nets only open for 2 1/2 hours due to pending lighting (which never pended and the day turned out to be gorgeous)
22 captures, 3 species.
19 Swainson Thrush
2 Gray-cheeked Thrush
1 Northern Waterthrush

REMEMBER THAT THE NEXT TWO TUESDAYS START AT 6:15 NOT 6:00!

Tim

Timothy Vargo
Research Coordinator
Urban Ecology Center
1500 E Park Place
Milwaukee WI 53211
(414) 964-8505 Fax: (414) 964-1084

tlvvargo@yahoo.com
http://www.urbanecologycenter.org

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Subject: Year of the Swainson Thrush
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:36:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Vargo Timothy <tlvvargo@yahoo.com>

A million thanks to the many volunteers that helped out this past week.  I got to band for five out of eight days!

Highlights: My first banded Orchard Oriole. First junco, hermit thrush and white-throated sparrows of the fall migration. 39 swainson thrush in a single day!

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9/15 Demo banding - Carroll College Field Station (Waukesha) Nets open for 2 hours.
12 captures, 7 species.
6 Cedar Waxwing
1 Orchard Oriole!
1 Swainson Thrush
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 American Goldfinch
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Black-capped Chickadee

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