Bird 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!