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5Bird Banding Demonstration
by Fred Cohane

Saturday, July 16, 2005

Led by: Bear Mountain League of Naturalists - Trudy Battaly and Drew Panko with assistance from James Vellozzi.

Participants: Fred Cohane, John Deans, Doris Metraux, Lee Philkins, Bob Senerchia, Carol Weiss, Alan Wells, Della Wells.

Location: Met Trudy and Drew at 7:30 AM at the Lemmon Road gate along Seven Lakes Drive. They proceeded to drive to the banding area to set up the nets. The rest of the group met at the pull-off along Route 9W just north of Iona Island causeway south of Bear Mountain at 8 AM. Trip ended at approximately 12:30 PM.

Weather: Hot and sticky! Heavy overcast and high humidity. Brief rain showers later in the day (after demonstration).

 Time

Temperature

°F

Humidity

%

Dew Pt.

°F

Wind

mph

Wind Direction

Heat Index

°F

Pressure

in Hg

Rain

inches

 8:00  73.7  90  70.6  1  S  76.1  30.201 0
 9:00  75.1  87  71.0  2  N  78.3  30.212 0
 10:00  76.7  82  70.8  1  N  79.9  30.206 0
 11:00  77.7  79  70.7  3  N  80.8  30.210 0
 12:00  78.6  77  70.8  1  SSW  81.8  30.210 0
 13:00  78.8  78  71.4  2  N  82.2  30.205 0


Trip Highlights
: The introduction to bird banding graciously provided by League of Naturalist members Trudy Battaly and Drew Panko was truly exceptional. Several mist nets were erected in the Lemmon Road area a short distance from the Doodletown Reservoir. The day’s catch:

1 ♂ Eastern Towhee, 1 ♀ House Wren (with egg in oviduct), 1 ♂ Hooded Warbler, 1 ♂ Blue-winged Warbler (not banded), 1 young-of-year Hooded Warbler of undetermined sex. Thank you, Trudy and Drew!