Hi All-- One aspect of my banding activity is to compare captures in a residential setting in Northfield to those along side a fen along the Cannon River in Rice Co. The two sites are only 2.5 miles apart, but quite different ecologically.
I was surprised this morning when a small flock of Black-capped Chickadees flew into the fen area (I would have thought by now I would have banded all the locals). I caught three birds, two of which I had banded on 27 August 2008 at my Northfield banding site. I guess I should not be surprised that young chickadees might not wonder 2.5 miles, though it does seem noteworthy that the two birds have stayed together. (On the other hand, of the 2000 birds or so that I have banded at both sites, these are the first to be enountered at both sites.) I also suspect there is not too much hard evidence for chickadee movements, even short range ones, since birds are so seldom recovered beyond where they are banded. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika at gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080910/95f46252/attachment.html
