Recent Literature BANDING HISTORY and BIOGRAPHY

Recent Literature BANDING HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY

Saskatchewanbird banders:Baynton, Atkinson Reproductive characteristics of meadow birds and Gold.C.S. Houston.1991. BlueJay 49:59-61. and other Europeanwaders. G.H. Visserand A.J. 863 UniversityDr., Saskatoon,Sask. S7N 0J8 (Brief Beintema.1991. WaderStudy Group Bull. 61, suppl.: biographiesand bandingrecords of EdgarBaynton, 6-11. Dept.of Vet. BasicSciences, Div. Physiol., Univ. Edward A. Atkinson and John A. Gold in of Utrecht, Box 80.170, 3508 TD Utrecht,The Neth- Saskatchewan.)MKM erlands(This reviewincludes weights of incubating females of all shorebirdspecies known to breed in BANDING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES Europe.)MKM

The monitoring avian productivity and Growth of Common Sandpiper chicks. P.K. Hol- survivorship (MAPS) program second (1992)an- landand D.W.Yalden. 1991. WaderStudy Group Bull. nual report. D.F. DeSante, K.M. Burton, and O.E. 62:13-15.2 Rennie Court, BrettarghDr., Lancaster Williams.1993. BirdPopulations 1:1-28. Inst.of Bird LA1 5BN, U.K. (Data from 12 field seasons show that Populations,Box 1346, PointReyes Stn., CA 94956 growthof chicks in mass is shown for the first 3-4 (The rationaleand historyof the MAPSproject is de- daysof life,when bill length progresses quickly.) MKM scribedand participating stations mapped. Procedures are describedin detail,with preliminary analyses of Sightings of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius early results.)MKM tenuirostris(Viellot, 1817) in the Balkan countries. D. Nanikov.1991. Wader Study Group Bull. 62:24- Valium against leg cramp in waders. T. Piersma, 32. Inst. of Zool., BulgarianAcad. of Sciences, Sofia, A.-M. Blomet,and M. Klaasen.1991. WaderStudy Bulgaria(Includes a comparisonof measurementsof GroupBull. 63:39-41. NetherlandsInst. for Sea Re- curlewsfrom the Balkanswith those from other parts search(NIOZ), Box 57, 1790 AB Den Burg,Texel, of thisspecies' range. Most showedlittle difference, The Netherlands(Four Red Knotsand one Common but some Romanianbirds had longerbills and shorter Oystercatcherrecovered from leg crampafter treat- tarsithan those reported elsewhere.) MKM mentwith valium.) MKM The practiced eye. Black-legged Kittiwake and IDENTIFICATION, MOLT, PLUMAGES, WEIGHTS Red-legged Kittiwake. K. Kaufman.1989. Amer. AND MEASURES Birds43:3-6. c/o Natl.Audubon Soc., 700 Broadway NewYork,NY 10003 (Legcolor is notdefinitive--wing Leg and bill colour of Purple Sandpiper. R. patternsare more reliable.)MKM Pittaway. 1993. Ont. Birds 11:107-109. Box 619, Minden,Ont. K0M 2K0 (Brightorange to yellow-or- Ecological significance of the white and grey ange legs and base of bill observed on several fall colour morphs of the Mute Swan. L. Enright.1994. and winteringbirds in Ontario and in Scotlanddiffer Ont.Birds 12:19-26. c/o LongPoint Bird Observ., Box fromcolors indicated in mostfield guides.) MKM 160, Port Rowan, Ont. N0E 1M0 (Althoughmorph coloris differentonly in downyand juvenal plumages, White-shielded coots in North America: a critical morphscan be distinguishedas adultsby leg color-- evaluation. D. Robersonand L.F. Baptista.1988. slate-grayto blackin gray morph; pink-legged in white Amer. Birds 42:1241-1246. 282 Grove Acre Ave., morph.The white morphis usuallyconsidered quite PacificGrove, CA 93950 (The authorsclassified bill rare, but formsup to 87% of the populationat Long shieldsof coots into five categoriesand surveyed Point,Ont.) MKM Californiaflocks for each.They alsocompared several measurements of American Cooks with those of Sex and age characters of the Yellow-throated CaribbeanCoots. The results,along with consider- Scrub-Wren.D.J. Geering.1992. Corella16:104-105. ation of variationsin shieldswith age and season, 2/10 ChifleyDr., RaymondTerrace, NSW 2324,Aus- suggest that most or all North American records of tralia (Retrapsof bandedbirds showed that both sex "CaribbeanCoots" represent variation in the Ameri- and age can be determinedfrom fledging. Eye color can speciesor morph.)MKM Page 150 North American Bird Bander Vo1.19 No. 4 is particularlyuseful in age determination,suggest- (In a sampleof 12 femalesand 14 malesin museum ingthat iris color changes in Large-billedScrub-Wrens collections,exposed culmens were significantly longer shouldalso be examinedfor possible age differences,) in females.) MKM MKM NORTH AMERICAN BANDING RESULTS The dynamics of body composition of overwin- tering Dunlin Calidris alpina sakhalina. M. Shi and Bandingin Ontario1991. W.D. Mcllveen. 1992. Ont. L. Jianjian.1990. Stilt16:59,reprinted in WaderStudy BirdBanding24:1-10; Commentary on 1991 banding Group Bull. 64:35-36, 1992. Dept. of Environ.Sci., report.W.D. Mcllveen. 1992. Ont. BirdBanding24:11- East China Normal Univ., Changhai200062, China 13. R.R. #1, Acton,Ont. L7J2L7 (56,065 birdsof 205 (Bodyweights and fat contentof Dunlincaptured in speciesand distinct races were reportedas banded Chinaduring the winterwere lowon arrivalin Sept.- by 13 individualsor bandingpairs and six observato- Oct., increasedin Nov.,declined in Jan., and increased riesor bandinggroups. Numbers of each taxonare again in late Marchjust priorto departurefor Siberia shownfor each banderor group.Numbers of 1991's and Alaska.) MKM top15 speciesare tabulated for each year since 1984. Numbers ofAmerican Kestrels banded have increased Spring tail moult in PurpleSandpiper Charadrius since 1985, while House Finch numbers in 1991 were [sic: Calidris] maritima in the Dutch Wadden Sea. lowerthan in 1990,possibly suggesting that their num- G.T. deRoos. 1992. Wader Study GroupBull. 64:40. bersmay havepeaked in 1990.) MKM AgriculturalUniv., Nature ConservationDept., c/o Dorpsstraat198, 8899 AP Vleiland,The Netherlands Observations on habitat use, breeding chronol- (Activetail molt in two Purple Sandpiperscaught in ogy and parentalcare in Bristle-thighedCurlews the DutchWadden Sea in April1988 apparentlyrep- on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. R.E. Gill, R.B. resentsthe firstrecord of springmolt in thisspecies.) Lanctot,J.D. Mason and C.M. Handel. 1991. Wader MKM StudyGroup Bull. 61:28-36.Alaska Fish & Wildl.Res. Cent., U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv., 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Bird in the hand. Yellow-throated Scrub Wren. D.J. Anchorage,AK99503 (Basedlargely on color-banded Geering. 1992. Corella 16:128. 2/10 Chifley Dr., birds and seven radio- transmittered, brood-attend- RaymondTerrace, NSW 2324, Australia(Key to age ing adults.) MKM and sex.) MKM Bandingnestling bluebirds. R. Hubert.1993. Ont. Comparing the screech-owls. K. Kaufmanand R. BirdBand. Assoc. Newsletter38(3):5-6. 10 Paulson Bowers. 1989. Amer. Birds 43:203-206. c/o Natl. Court, St. Thomas, Ont. N5R 1M9 (1003 nestling AudubonSoc., 700 Broadway,New York,NY 10003 Eastern Bluebirdswere banded with regular bands (Patternsof barring,relative foot size and colorof base on a bluebirdtrail near Aylmer,Ont. between 1988 of bill help distinguishEastern, Western, and Whis- andthe endof 1993. Colorbands, keyed to year,were kered Screech-Owls.)MKM alsoapplied in 1989 and 1990. Observationsof colorß bandsand returns/recoverieshave supplieddata on Estimating sexes of New Holland and White- age of breedingand movements.)MKM cheeked Honeyeaters from head-bill measurements. G.H. Pykeand D.P.Armstrong. 1993. Corella Mountsbergbands 100,000 birds. D. Brewer.1993. 17:43-46. Div. of Environ. Science, The Australian Ont. BirdBand. Assoc. Newsletter 38(4):4-5. R.R. #1, Mus., BoxA285,Sydney South, NSW 2001,Australia Puslinch,Ont. NOB2J0 (Briefhistory and future plans (Head-bill measurementsare bimodal in these two of bandingprogram of MountsbergConservationArea species.When 77 New HollandHoneyeaters and 47 andGuelph Banding Group in southern Ontario 1967- White-cheekedHoneyeaters of knownsex were com- 1993.) MKM pared,head-bill measurements correctly indicated sex in 91% of the birds.) MKM Bandingrecoveries (update). B. Read.1993. Ont. Eastern Bluebird Soc. Newsletter fall 1993:3-4, and Sexual dimorphism in bill lengths of Whimbrel reprintedas EasternBluebird banding recoveries in Numenius phaeopus variegatus. P. Dann. 1993. Ont.Bird Band. Assoc. Newsletter39(1):5, 1994. Unit Corella17:57. Penguin Reserve Comm. of Manage- 2, 165 GreenValley Dr., Kitchener,Ont. N2P 1K3 (All ment,Box 97, Cowes,Phillip Is., Vic. 3922, Australia five nestlingsbanded in one box near Paris, Ont. in

Oct.-Dec. 1994 North American Bird Bander Page 151 1991 not only surviveduntil the next year, but were eighttimes as often as adults. Four have been recov- also retrapped,four .in 1992, the other in 1993.) ered elsewhere in Ont.; one in Maine. 15 Bobolinks MKM have returnedto Mountsbergin a subsequentyear; three returningin two differentyears. Use of wing HawkCliff Raptor Banding Station twenty-first an- chordto determinesex is discussed.)MKM nual report: 1991. B. Duncan, D. Fowler and S. Fowler. 1992. Ont. Bird Banding 24:14-20. 1049 Raptor banding at Holiday Beach Conservation KirkwallRd., R.R. 1, Dundas, Ont. L9H 5E1 (3564 Area, 1991. T.W. Carpenter,A.L. Carpenter,and P. birdsof 13 raptorspecies were banded in 1991.1973- Roberts.1992. Ont. Bird Banding24:45-47. 3646 S. 1990 averagesrange from 0.06 (Bald Eagle)to 1526 John Hix, Wayne,MI 48184 (900 birdsof 12 raptor (Sharp-shinnedHawk) per year, with a variationof specieswere banded in the secondyear of this sta- 15% (AmericanKestrel) to 1567% (Bald Eagle)from tion, near the western end of the north shore of Lake yearto year.The fourthhighest total of Sharp-shinned Erie,in Ontario.Captures included 11 Sharp-shinned Hawks (2019) since 1969 was also the second low- andone Cooper'sHawk banded previously elsewhere est per net-hour(1.22), showinghow misleadingto- in Ont. and three Northern Saw-whet Owls banded in tals can be if not related to effort. A HY female kestrel Wisc.Five hawkshave alreadybeen recoveredelse- caughtin Septemberwas white with "rusty markings," where--in three U.S. states.) MKM pale brown"in the wings,"and brown-eyed.)MKM Bluebird nest-box trails in Ontario and their use- OntarioEastern Bluebird Society nestbox survey fulness for bioeffects monitoring of agricultural - 1991. W. Read and W.D. Mcllveen. 1992. Ont. Bird chemicals. M.K. McNicholl,W.F. Read and D.V. (C.) Banding24:21~27.2-165 Green Valley Dr., Kitchener, Weseloh.1994. Can. Wildl. Serv. Ont. RegionTech. Ont. N2P 1K3 (433 EasternBluebirds and 142 Tree Rept. Ser. No. 202. 83 pp. Available from D.V. Swallowswere banded by membersin 1991,consid- Weseloh,Can. Wildl.Serv., Box 5050, Burlington,Ont. erablyfewer than the bandingsof eitherin each of the L7R 4A6 (Includestable of total or minimum num- three previousyears.) MKM bers of Eastern Bluebirds banded in Ont. 1960-1989 and historical details of several trails, some of which LongPoint Bird Observatory's1991 banding sum- are operatedby banders.)MKM ßmary. J. McCracken.1992. Ont. BirdBanding 24:28- 30. Long Point Bird Observ.,Box 160, Port Rowan, Habitat ecology of the Pileated Woodpeckerin Ont. N0E 1M0 (22,762 birdsof 155 taxa were banded Alberta. R. Bonar.1994. Alta. Nat. 24(1):13-15. 192 at Long Pointand 4438 birdsof 92 taxa at a new sta- CollegeRd., Hinton,Ont. T7V 1L5 (Observationsof tionatThunder Cape on LakeSuperior. 49 birdsof 23 two transmitter-fittedmales helped measure territory specieswere recoveredelsewhere in Ontario(22), size and obtainforaging data. One male had a terri- the U.S.A.(26), and Cuba(one Magnolia Warbler). tory of 500 ha and daily crossed a major river. Both An Alaska-banded Tundra Swan was recovered at transmitter-fittedbirds were apparentlykilled by a LongPoint.) MKM NorthernGoshawk.) MKM

TorontoBird Observatory - 1991 report. E. Machell BeaverhillBird Observatory1992 annual report. and E. Kellogg.1992. Ont. Bird Banding24:32. 10 P. Rowell (ed.). 1993. BeaverhillBird Observ. Soc., BatemanCourt, Whitby, Ont. L1P 1E5 (3418 birdsof Edmonton,48 pp. c/o BeaverhillBird Observ. Soc., 111species were banded, but speciestotals are not Box 1418, Edmonton,Alta.T6J 2N5 (3868 birdsof 66 includedin this report.TBO-banded hawks were re- specieswere bandedat BeaverhillLake, Alta. during coveredat Hawk Cliff,Ont. and in Mich.and N.Y.) the tenthyear of the observatory.Reports are included MKM on returns and recoveries, a MAPS effort, and several bandingand non-bandingprojects.) MKM Resultsof bird bandingof Bobolinks(Dolichonyx oryzivorus) at Mountsberg, Ontario. W.D. PeregrineFalcon attacks Snow Goose. R.W. Nero. Mcllveen, D. Brewer and M.L. Wernaart. 1992. Ont. 1991. Blue Jay42:126-127. Man. Wildl. Branch,Box Bird Banding24:32-42. R.R. 1, Acton, Ont. L7J 2L7 14, 1495St. JamesSt., Winnipeg,Man. R3H 0W9 (A (2960Bobolinks were banded during the fall [25 July juvenile Peregrine banded and released in Iowa in - 10 Sept.]from 1983 to 1989. Maleswere caught 1989 overwintered in 1990-1991 in downtown morethan twice as oftenas females; young more than Winnipeg,Man.) MKM

Page 152 North American Bird Bander Vo1.19 No. 4 NON-NORTH AMERICAN BANDING RESULTS birdsof 34 shorebirdspecies have been banded along the Black Sea coast since 1974, with over 200 recov- Reproduction and survival in a declining popula- eriesand 1500 recaptures.)MKM tion of the Southern Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii. P.E. Jonsson. 1991. Wader Study Group Waders in Iran. B. Behrouzi-Rad.1991. Wader Study Bull. 61, supph56-68.Dept. Ecol., Ecol Bldg., Univ. GroupBull. 63:33-36. Dept. of the Environ.,Box Lund, 223 62 Lund, Sweden (Color banding helped 15875-5181, Tehran, IslamicRepublic of Iran (3820 determinesurvival and longevityof Dunlinin Swe- shorebirdsof 35 specieswere banded in Iranbetween den. The oldestbird reached17 years in 1987, when 1970 and 1988. Recoveries in other countries are it was still alive. Male return rates were significantly mapped,as are recoveriesin Iran of shorebirds higherthan thoseof females,probably reflecting dif- banded elsewhere.)MKM ferentialsurvival rates, but at least partlybecause of greaterdispersal in females.)MKM Radio-tracking of Golden Plover Pluvialis apricariachicks. D.W. Yalden. 1991. WaderStudy Guarding your mate and losing the egg: an GroupBull. 63:41-44. Dept. of Environ.Biol., Univ. of oystercatcher'sdilemma. B.J. Ens. 1991. Wader ManchesterM13 9 PL, U.K. (The fourchicks of one StudyGroup Bull. 61, suppl.:69-70.Zool. Lab., State broodwere fitted with 1 gm.transmitters and followed Univ.of Groninger,9751 NN Haren,The Netherlands for ninedays, by whichtime two haddied and the (Observationsof color-bandedCommon Oystercatch- batteries were dead on the others. Data on move- ers showedpercent of time pairsspent together be- mentsand weight changes were obtained.) MKM fore and during incubation,mate switchingsduring the pair formationperiod, and extra-paircopulations Breeding success of the Australian Pelican in a populationon an islandbordering the Dutch Pelecanusconspicillatus on Lake Eyre South in WaddenSea.) MKM 1990. M.H. Waterman and J.L Reed. 1992. Corella. 16:123-126.28GordonAve., St. Agnes, SA4097, Aus- Ananyse von Fangzahlen Im Hunblick Auf Die tralia (Of 4014 juvenilepelicans banded, 15 suc- Bestandset Wicklung von Kleinvogeln nach 20 cumbedto heat exhaustionduring the bandingpro- jahrigem Betrieb der Station Mettnam, cessand 1684were eventually retrieved as carcasses. Suddentschhad. P. Berthold, A. Kaiser, U. Querer Most of the chickswere closeto fledgingwhen they and P. Schlenker. 1993. Journ. Ornithol. 134:283-299. apparentlystarved to death.)MKM Max-Planck Institut fur Verhaltenphysiologie VogelwarteRadolfzelt, D-78315 SchlobMogsingen, Territorial relations and population structure of Germany(Analyses of migrationtrends at a southern the RedshankTringa totanus during the nesting German bandingstation, based on 20 years of data periodin the southof Ukraine.M.Y. Zhmud. 1992. from 119,132birds of 35 species.In Germanwith WaderStudy Group Bull. 64:45-46 (About 5000 Red- Englishsummary and figurecaptions.) MKM shankswere bandedin over7500 captures.Recap- turesshowed that about 80% of sexuallymature birds Status and breeding biology of Kentish Plover showednesting philopatry, that on average14.8% Charadrius alexandrinus in Hungary---a progress returnto theirnatal colony for theirfirst nesting, and report. T. Szckely.1991. WaderStudy Group Bull. thatan averageof 72.4%of nestingbirds nest in the 62:17-23. Dept. Zool., Kessel Univ., Debrecen,H- samesite from year to year.Philopatry is higherin 4010, Hungary(Young Snowy Ploversin Hungary malesthan females and higher (especially in females) were banded in or near the next. Observations of color- in largercolonies than in smallercolonies.) MKM bandedadults showed share of parentalduties at dif- ferent times of the day as the seasonprogressed. Longevityof Cape Petrels Daptioncapense at Recapturesshowed loss of weightof parents,growth Bluff Island, Vestfold Hills, East Australia. F.I. ofyoung, and distances moved from nest sites.) MKM Norman and S.J. Ward. 1992. Corella 16:132-133. Dept.of Ecol.and Evol. Biol., Monash Univ., Clayton, Wader migrationalong the north-eastBlack Sea Victoria3168,Australia (Of 334 adultstrapped at nests coast and adjacent areas. A.I. Korzukov.1991. in 1991, 15 had been bandedpreviously, all but one Wader Study Group Bull. 63:21-24. c/o Ukrainian at the same area. The other bird had been banded in Ornithol. Soc., ShompanskiySt. 2, Zool. Dept., 1973 800 km. away.Most were bandedin 1984 or Odessa State Univ.,Odessa, Ukraine(About 20,000 1989, one in 1974. Preliminaryestimates of survival

Oct.-Dec. 1994 North American Bird Bander Page 153 rate, annual mortalityand life expectationare given, birdsprovided data on food sources additional to those with a cautionthat low sample size and band loss providedby watchingforaging individuals. Morpho- may distortthe figures.)MKM metricdata are alsopresented.) MKM

Preliminaryresults of satellitetracking of the Wan- Movementsof Grey Teal Anas graciliis from a dering Albatross around and from Australia. D. drying,arid zonewetland. W. Lawler,R. Kingsford, Nicholls, H. Battam, N. Brothers, E. Butcher, M. S.V.Briggs and G. Milkovits.1993. Corella 17:58-60. Hildebrandt,P. Moors, D. Murray and G. Robertson. Natl. Parks & Wildl. Serv., c/o Div. of Wildl. & Ecol, 1992. Corella16:134-136. Frankston College of TAFE, CSIRO,Box 84, Lyneham,ACT 2602, Australia(Of RailwayParade, Frankston, Vic. 3199,Australia (Data 746 tealbanded in LakeSalisbury, New South Wales, fromfour birds during non-breeding periods showed duringa dryingstage, 19 wereshot by hunters in three shortforaging flights of 10-15 km. initially,as well as southeasternstates. Distribution of recoveriesprob- flightsof 300-500 km. in 24-36 hoursevery few days, ablyreflects distribution of huntersmore than that of occasionallyup to 700-1000 km.) MKM teal.) MKM

Second InternationalConference on Penguinsab- Predation by Boyd's Forest Dragon on birds stracts. P. Dann and R. Jessop (compilers).1992. caughtin mistnets. L. Joseph. 1993. Corella 17:60- Corella16:137-154. Penguin Reserve Comm. of Man- 61. Dept.of Zool.and Centre for Conservation Biol., agement,Box 97, Cowes,Phillip Isl, Vic.3922, Aus- Univ.of Queensland,Queensland 4072,Australia (Two tralia(Abstracts of 57 papers,including several based incidentson MountainThornbills (four victims)and on birds fitted with bands or transmitters and others one incidenton one Fernwren.)MKM on morphologyor sex determination.)MKM MKM = Martin K. McNicholl Seabird islands No. 216. Wooded Island, Easter Group, Houfman Abrolhos, Western Australia. R.E. Johnstone and K. Coate. 1992. Corella 16:155- 159. West,AustralianMus., Francis St., Perth, West Australia6000, Australia(25 LittleShearwaters and one SilverGull were bandedin 1970.) MKM

Results of a preliminary highland bird banding studyat Tari Gap, southernhighlands, Papua New Guinea. C.B. Frith and D.W. Frith. 1993. Corella 17:5- 21. Prionodura,Box 581, Malanda, Nth. QId. 4885, Australia(During eight weeks in each of three years, 895 birds(1174 captures) of 50 specieswere banded, and morphometric,molt and broodpatch data re- corded.Recaptures showed little movement, with only sevenof 201 recapturedbirds having moved from the capturesite to a maximumdistance of 2.7 km.)MKM

Survival, seasonal abundance, sex ratio and diet of Eastern Spinebills Acanthorhynchos tenuirostris in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. J.R. Farrell and J.W. Hardy. 1993. Corella 17:33-40.73 EllisonRd., Springwood,NSW 2777, Australia(Banding of 679 EasternSpinebills over a 13-yearperiod at Blue Gum SwampCreek, New SouthWales, showed differences in proportionof sed- entarybirds, survival rate and sitefidelity of non-sed- entarybirds from a populationin New EnglandNa- tional Park. Identificationof pollen on the captured

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