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starbreeze wrote:
Would you be netting them for a study or something? 😕
Yup! The netting is part of a mark and recapture effort to see where the birds go, and in what numbers (we catch and release them, and band them if they aren’t banded). This project is part of a sacramento river riparian area restoration project – it was initially only for salmonids, but since the birds have been so positively affected by the restoration of the river areas, they have now been included in part of the study!
That’s great!!! I hope the project continues to be successful!!! Please keep us posted. So few recovery projects go well. It’s nice to hear about one that is. 😀
Congratulations on graduating! I have my last final’s class today and I’m graduating tomorrow night with a Master’s of Arts in English with a Teaching College Writing emphasis. I’ll think of you on Saturday! 🙂
Neat! I used to net and band birds. We netted a hummingbird once, wow! I was so scared to handle the little guy.
Also, grosbeaks bite hella hard. You probably knew this!What was your thesis on?
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My art: featherdust.comNambroth wrote:Neat! I used to net and band birds. We netted a hummingbird once, wow! I was so scared to handle the little guy.
Also, grosbeaks bite hella hard. You probably knew this!What was your thesis on?
Yes, I wanted to know too, and again, Congrats!!!
Nambroth wrote:Neat! I used to net and band birds. We netted a hummingbird once, wow! I was so scared to handle the little guy.
Also, grosbeaks bite hella hard. You probably knew this!What was your thesis on?
Grosbeaks do pack quite a little pinch (particularly the huge evening grosbeaks! Talk about OWCH!). But at least they don’t scream like the Swainson Thrushes do. >.< Those plaintive screams almost make me feel guilty for trying to band them. Even worse is netting something like a Cooper's hawk, or a wild turkey in the nets. Talk about a disaster! I actually have pctures from one of my bird-banding adventures. If enough people want to see them, I'll post a few here.
My Thesis was – “Population trends and seasonal flock size variation of the Common Raven (Corvus corax)”. I spent January through April getting up well before dawn to count flocks as they emerged from the Arcata Community forest. I was looking for a significance in the flock size variation, as well as trying to get a good estimate for the number of ravens in the area. This is indirectly associated with the local Snowy Plover conservation project – Ravens are the number one decimating factor for both chicks and eggs. The idea is to see just how many birds there could be via extrapolation, and maybe find a useful management strategy now that we have actual numbers to deal with.
*takes a breath*
Sorry to go overboard with the details there. I could go into all the grisly details, but it would bore everyone to death. Especially when I get started about significant p-values! *chuckles*
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