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Spring Migration Banding at
Gilmore Ponds began in 1998. Fall Migration Banding began in 2005.
HBRC is seeking an
individual to train as a bird bander to become the lead bander at the
Gilmore Ponds Interpretive
Preserve migratory bird banding research station in Fairfield, OH.
Training will begin in December
2011 and will continue until the trainee has mastered their skills at a
level
necessary to band birds on
his/her own.
The length of time it will take
to complete the training process will depend upon the availability of the
trainee to
attend the training sessions
offered. Banding birds includes the use of mist nets to capture the birds.
Applicant must be 18 years of age
or older, relatively good fine hand motor skills and able to handle
rough terrain on foot.
If interested, please complete
the HBRC Participant Application and return
it to
hbrc@hbrcnet.org or mail to P.O. Box
157, Liberty, IN 47353.
BIRD BANDER APPLICATION
Committment: At least two days a
week between the 3rd weekend in April thru Memorial Day
and late August thru early
November. Time: Approx. 1 hour before sunrise to noon.
You will also be expected to
recruit volunteers to assist you at each session.
More
information for Trainees and Volunteers
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BANDED
SPECIES LIST
as of 2007
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American
Redstart
American Goldfinch
American Robin
American Woodcock
Baltimore Oriole
Black and White Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Blue Jay
Blue-winged Warbler
Brown Thrasher
Canada Warbler
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Grackle
Connecticut Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper's Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eastern Tufted Titmouse
European Starling
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Kentucky Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Lincoln's Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Dove
Mourning Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Waterthrush
Orchard Oriole
Ovenbird
Prairie Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-winged Blackbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Song Sparrow
Swainson's Thrush
Swamp Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Traill's Flycatcher Tree Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Western Palm Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
White-eyed Vireo
White-throated Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson's Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Wood Thrush
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-shafted Flicker |
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Total
Number of Birds Captured
and/or
Banded 1998-2004 |
Total
Species of Bird Captured
and/or
Banded 1998-2007 |
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1,823 |
82 |
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Top
10 Species 1998-2004
(Most
Frequently Banded) |
#
Banded |
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Northern
Cardinal |
156 |
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American
Goldfinch |
129 |
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White-throated
Sparrow |
117 |
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American
Robin |
101 |
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Indigo
Bunting |
86 |
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Gray
Catbird |
83 |
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Song
Sparrow |
54 |
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Common
Yellowthroat |
54 |
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Traill's
Flycatcher |
49 |
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Swainson's
Thrush |
43 |
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