HBRC - Gilmore Ponds Spring Migration

# Warbler Species Banded/Year

1998	11
1999	9
2000	6
2001	6
2002	11
2003	12
2004	2
2005	5
2006	10
2007

(23 species total)

# Species Banded/Yr.

1998	38
1999	33
2000	30
2001	41
2002	39
2003	42
2004	22
2005
2006	38
2007

# Birds Capture/Year

1998	271
1999	232
2000	181
2001	293
2002	227
2003	396
2004	223
2005
2006	164
2007

# Recaptured/

Year

1998	--
1999	35
2000	31
2001	66
2002	44
2003	98
2004	81
2005
2006	47
2007

Spring Migration Banding at Gilmore Ponds began in 1998. New Bander Sharon Pawlowski gradually

took over the operation in 2005. In 2003, Sharon and Tim started a M.A.P.S. study.

Eric Burgess, also a bander, now works jointly with Sharon. Together, they added a

Fall Migration Study in 2005.

SPECIES	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
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	- 25 23 - 5 - - 1 1 1	- 39 15 - 2 1 1 - - -	- 20 10 - 4 - - 1 - -	- 19 27 - 1 - - 2 1 -	- 9 14 1 7 - - 2 2 1	2 9 12 - 2 - - 3 - 2	- 8 ? - 3 - - 4 1 2

Total Number of Birds Captured and/or Banded 1998-2004	Total Species of Bird Captured and/or Banded 1998-2007
1,823	82

Top 10 Species 1998-2004 (Most Frequently Banded)	# Banded
Northern Cardinal	156
American Goldfinch	129
White-throated Sparrow	117
American Robin	101
Indigo Bunting	86
Gray Catbird	83
Song Sparrow	54
Common Yellowthroat	54
Traill's Flycatcher	49
Swainson's Thrush	43

Information for Volunteers and Trainees

For more information about bird banding in and around Ohio, visit OBBA's website at: http://www.ohiobba.org.

Total # of new species each year since 1998

1999	9
2000	5
2001	5
2002	5
2003	6
2004	1
2005

2007	3

Completed

Sessions

1998	10
1999	9
2000	7
2001	8.5
2002	7
2003	11
2004	10
2005
2006	7
2007

Cancelled

Sessions

1998	0
1999	1
2000	3
2001	1.5
2002	3
2003	0
2004	2
2005
2006	3
2007

Net Hours

1998	1190
1999	882
2000	637
2001	952
2002	931
2003	1436
2004	1330
2005
2006

Volunteer Hours

1998	+- 140
1999	+- 126
2000	+- 98
2001	+- 178
2002	+- 147
2003	+- 336
2004
2005
2006
2007

For information on volunteering at Tim's & affiliated banding stations in Ohio & Indiana, e-mail Tim