RMBO Banding at Chico Basin Ranch - Final Report

[Nancy Gobris]

Spring Banding at Chico Basin Ranch wrapped up Saturday.  Totals for the last 3 days follow.  We ended the season with 658 individuals of 64 species.  Highlights include a total of 9 Long-eared Owls (4 banded last spring), our second only Blue-winged Warbler, and the recapture of a Yellow-rumped Warbler banded as a hatching-year bird last September in British Columbia.  

 

Thursday, 5-16 – Total: 35

 

Downy Woodpecker – 1

Western Wood-Pewee – 1

Dusky Flycatcher – 1

Plumbeous Vireo - 1

House Wren – 3

Swainson’s Thrush – 4

Gray-cheeked Thrush – 1

Hermit Thrush – 3

Gray Catbird – 4

Brown Thrasher – 2

Blue-winged Warbler – 1

Yellow Warbler – 1

Audubon’s Warbler – 1

Black-and-White Warbler – 2

Ovenbird - 1

MacGillivray’s Warbler – 1

Common Yellowthroat – 2

Black-headed Grosbeak - 1

Chipping Sparrow - 1

Gray-headed Junco - 1

 

Friday, 5-17 – Total:  40

 

Least Flycatcher – 1

Ash-throated Flycatcher – 1

Western Kingbird – 1

Plumbeous Vireo – 1

Blue Jay - 3

House Wren – 2

Swainson’s Thrush – 10

Hermit Thrush – 3

Gray Catbird - 1

Black-and-White Warbler – 1

Ovenbird – 3

MacGillivray’s Warbler – 4

Western Tanager – 1

Blue Grosbeak – 1

Chipping Sparrow - 1

Lark sparrow - 1

Lincoln’s Sparrow – 1

Bullock’s Oriole – 1

 

Saturday, 5-18 – Total:  31

 

Western Wood-Pewee – 2

Willow Flycatcher - 1

Western Kingbird - 4

Blue Jay - 1

Swainson’s Thrush - 5

Hermit Thrush - 3

Ovenbird - 1

MacGillivray’s Warbler – 6

Western Tanager - 1

Mountain White-crowned Sparrow – 2

Lincoln’s Sparrow - 3

Bullock’s Oriole - 1

Orchard Oriole – 1

 

Nancy Gobris, RMBO

Steve Brown and Susan Craig, Volunteer Assistants