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Recent Literature BANDINGEQUIPMEN T AND TECHNIQUES venilesis the most helpfulfeature in distinguishing them from adult females.) MKM Band discomfort on Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufa. A.M. Rose. 1997. Corella 21:25 Long-billed European Starlings, Sturnus vul- c/o Dept. of Conservation& Land Mgmt., Locked garis. R. D. Pearson.1999. Can. Field-Nat.113:523- Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Bentley,WA 524. Gerstein Sci. Inform. Centre, Univ. Toronto, 9 6983, Australia(Bands were observedto slidedown King'sCollege Circle,Toronto, ON M5S 1A5 (De- to the intertarsaljoints when the treecreepers as- scription and photographs of starling with long, cendedtrees, causingat least some of the birdsto decurved bill and review of other records of abnor- peck at the bands.When recaptured,the tarsi of mally longstarling bills.) MKM these birdsshowed no scale wear or sores.) MKM Age-related variations in bill size of Chinstrap Individual colour banding for 8,000 birds. J. Penguins. E. Minguez,J. A. Fragallo,A. de Leon, Kikkawa. 1997. Corella 21:26-31. Author de- J. Moreno and E. Moreno. 1998. Colonial Waterbirds ceased.(Numberingsystem used for color band 21:66-68. Estacion Biol. de Donana, CSIC, Avda combinationsin long-termstudy of Silvereyes, in- M. Luisas/n, 41013, Sevilla,Spain (Billdepths, bill cludingdiscussion of protocol,fading rates of dif- lengthsand flipper lengths measured on nesting ferent colors, rate of band loss and possible ef- adult and yearlingpenguins at an Antarcticcolony fects of color on behavior and mortality.)MKM indicatedthat bill size increaseswith age during the juvenile stage wheras flipper length does not Conservation from outer space: boldly track- differ betweenjuveniles and adults.) MKM ing migration patterns. C. Eberly.1999. BirdCon- servation [volume and pages not indicated]; re- Sexing Eared Grebes by bill measurements. J. printed in Hawk Migratiol• Studies 25(1):17-19, R. Jehl, Jr., A. E. Henry and S. I. Bond.1998. Colo- 1999. Suite 400, 1250 24th St., Washington,D.C. nial Waterbirds 21:98-100. Hubbs-Sea World Res. 20037 (Briefreview of use of satellitesto trackbirds Inst., 2595 Ingraham St., San Diego, CA 92109 fitted with radio transmitters.)MKM (Bill lengths measured on hundredsof known-sex specimensindicated that bill lengthcan be used to IDENTIFICATION, MOLTS, PLUMAGES, determine sex of about 90% of adult Eared WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS Grebes.) MKM

Early first prebasic molt in Short-billed Dow- An unusual plumage for a Sooty Shearwater itcher. K. McLaughlinand R. Pittaway.2003. Ont. Puffinus griseus. S. G. Lane. 1997. Corella21:16. Birds21:145-146.30 BinghamRd., Hamilton,ON 66 Fairview Rd., Moonee via Coifs Harbour, New L8H 1N4 (One of sixjuvenile Short-billed Dowitch- SouthWales 2450, Australia(Brief description and ers observedat Grimsby,ON, in Sep 2003 show- measurementsof"strikingly white"shearwater with ing clear evidenceof first prebasicmolt constituted "almost entirely white underwings"trapped and thefirst such documented case in Ontario,although bandedin its nestingburrow. Its slightlylarger mate moltingsouth-bound Long-bills, both adultand ju- was similarin colorationto about 50 other Sooty venile, are regularin that area.) MKM Shearwatersbanded by the author.) MKM

Notes on the ageing and sexing of Cape Siskins NORTH AMERICAN BANDING RESULTS Pseudochloroptila totta. V. L. Ward. 2001. Afring News 30:87-88. Bird Island Nature Reserve, Box Twenty-five years of the Detroit River (Michi- 181, Lambert'sBay 8130, SouthAfrica (Wide over- gan-Ontario) Christmas bird count. J. A. Craves lap in mensuraldata limitsthe usefulnessof mea- and J. A. Fowler, Jr. 2003. Ont. Birds21:110-128. surementsin distinguishingbetween sexes in this Rouge River Bird Observ., Univ. Michigan- species, but several plumage differences distin- Dearborn, MI 48128 (An influx of Black-capped guishthem reliably.Lack of yellowmarkings on ju- Jan - Mar 2004 North American Bird Bander Page 17 Chickadees in 2002 was not reflected in local band- banded at three sites near the wester n end of the ing stationresults.) MKM north shore of Lake Erie and 22 previouslybanded birdsof three hawk species were recaptured.Tab- Banding in Ontario: 2002. T. L. Groh and M. L. les summarize numbers of each species banded Wernaart. 2002. Ont. Bird Banding 34:1-11. R.R. each bandingday, numbersof each age and sex 2, St. Williams,ON N0E 1P0 (79,105 birds of 249 categoryof each species banded, and numbersof "species"[actually "taxa" as this numberincludes each species banded by each of eight banders.) distinctraces and hybrids]were banded by 16 in- MKM dividualbanders, bander groupsor bird observa- tories. Numbersof each species banded by each Ontario cooperative banding program 2002 entityare listedand total numbers of individualbirds banding results. D.C. Daviesand B. Pollard.2002. and of speciesare graphed.)MKM Ont. BirdBanding 34:26-31. Addressnot included. (During 2000, Ontario Ministry of Natural Re- Haldimand Bird Observatory 2002. J. A. Smith. sources personnel banded 10,646 water birds at 2002. Ont. Bird Banding 34:12-19. 358 Diltz Rd., 19 duckbanding stations, bringing their total (1984- R.R. 2, Dunnville, ON N1A 2W2 (During 2002, 2002) to 200,804. The 2002 total was the second 15,224 birds of 110 species were banded at the lowestin ten years, but numbersof AmericanBlack observatory'sthree stations. Three AmericanGold- Ducks banded increased. This increase was attrib- finches banded at the Ruthven station were recov- uted to an airboat program, also consideredre- ered subsequentlyat the Rock Pointstation, aYel- sponsiblefor good numbers[275] of Ring-necked low Warbler banded at the Rock Point station was Ducks captured.A table lists numbersof six dab- recovered.at the Selkirk station, three other birds blingduck species and one hybridbanded at each were recapturedfrom other Ontario sites and a bandingstation in 2002, while anotherlists annual Gray Catbird banded in Pennsylvaniawas recov- 1984-2002 totals for the same seven dabbler taxa ered at Rock Point. In addition to the three gold- plus Ring-necked Ducks. A final table lists 2002 finches recovered at other Haldimand stations, nine totals of all waterfowl taxa and two other water bird Haldimand-bandedbirds of eight species were species [Pied-billed Grebe and Double-crested recovered at four other Ontario locations, two New Cormorant]with their ages and sexesat each band- York sites, and one site each in North Carolina, ing station.) MKM Quebec and Tennessee.Tables compare numbers of each species banded at Rock Point in its first Productivity and survival of the Loggerhead two years and listnumbers of each caughtat each Shrike in Indiana. K. M. Burton and D. R. White- stationduring spring and fall migrationsas well as head. 2002. Bird Populations 6:13-20. Box 716, detailsof bandingeffort.) MKM Inverness, CA 94937 (In 1988, 37 adult shrikes werecolor-banded on breedingterritories. obser - Holiday Beach Migration Observatory 2002 vations of color-banded birds in 1989 helped de- Essex Co., Ontario, Canada. A. Chartier. 2002. terminesite tenacity and estimatesurvival between Ont. BirdBanding 34:20-21. Addressnot included. years.) MKM (Between21 Jul and 17 Nov 2002, 1233 birdsof 72 specieswere banded on 36 days. A table lists Are CommonTerns really indeterminate layers? totalsand percenthatching-year for the ten most- Responses to experimental egg removal. J. M. captured species, topped by 143 Yellow-rumped Arnold, I. C. T. Nisbet and J. J. Hatch. 1998. Colo- (Myrtle)Warblers, 98% of whichwere HY. The text nial Waterbirds21:81-86.Dept. of Biol.,Univ. Mas- summarizessignificant highs and recordand sig- sachusetts,Boston, MA 02125 (Afterfirst-laid eggs nificantlows, significantlyearly and late migrant were removed from nests of banded birds, their dates and returns.)MKM bandshelped determine which birds deserted and re-nested elsewhere and which laid replacement Raptor banding at Holiday Beach, 2002. J. eggs in the same nest.) MKM Sodergren.2002. Ont. Bird Banding34:22-25. Ad- dress not included.(During the fall of 2002, 1302 raptors of ten species and one Blue Jay were Page 18 North Amencan Bird Bander Vol. 29 No 1 I A long distance colony shift by a Thick-billed caught to date are Barn and Bank swallows.Barn Murre. K. Kampp and K. Falk. 1998. Colonial Swallowswere alsoamong the 11 speciesbanded Waterbirds 21:91-93. Zool. Mus., Universitet- and re-trappedto date at the same site. Longevity sparken15, DK-2100, Copenhagen,Denmark. (A recordsare also listedfor nine species.)MKM Thick-billed Murre, banded as a chick on Coats Is- land, HudsonBay in 1989, was found nestingin a The Sylvia program: first annual report of the Greenland colony in 1997. This is the first docu- Catalan Constant Effort Site Scheme (2000-01). mented breeding by this species in a colony in Grup Catala D'anellament.2002. Bird Populations whichit did not hatchand appearsto be the long- 6:35-50. Museu de Zoologia,Passeig Picasso sin est documentedmove between colony sites by any 08003, Barcelona,Spain (Duringthe 2000 breed- alcid.) MKM ing season,7,413 birdsof 98 specieswere captured and banded in mist-nets at 27 sites in north- NON-NORTH AMERICAN BANDING RESULTS easternSpain as the start of a MAPS-styleproject there. Duringthe winterof 2000-2001,2,488 birds Report on the 2000-2001 ringing year. H. D. of 47 specieswere banded at 22 stations.Tables Oschadleus.2001. Afring News 30:71-73. Avian andanalyses document the proportion of adult vs. Demogr.Unit, Dept. Stat. Sci., UCT, Rondebosch immaturebirds among those of each speciescap- 7701, South Africa (Between 1 Jul 2000 and 30 turedand compare these data with proportions cap- Jun 2001, 82,792 birds were banded in southern turedat someof the stationsin earlieryears.) MKM Africa, up considerablyfrom the previousyear. Muchof the increasewas attributedto 20,000 pen- Wrens rocketing and Robins bobbin'. D. Balmer guinsbanded as part of an oil spillclean-up, while and C. Wernham. 2000. Brit. Trust for Ornithol. News a thesisproject accounted for nearly1,500 Sociable 227:10-12. reprintedin Bird Populations6:73-77, Weavers. Tables document several aspects of 2002. (Comparisonsof resultsfrom 112 Constant bandingeffort and most-bandedspecies.) MKM Effort[Banding] Sites in Great Britainand Ireland in 1998 and 1999 indicatedstatistically significant Reporton recoveriesreceived at SAFRING:July increasesin Sedge Warblersand [Winter]Wrens, 2000-June 2001. H. D. Oschadleus. 2001. but decreases in Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers and Afring News 30:74-81. Avian Demogr.Unit, Dept. BlueTits. Percentagechange in juveniles/adultin- Stat. Sci., UCT, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa dicatedsignificant declines in productivityof Black- (FromJuly 2000 to June 2001,294 recoveriesand capsbut an increasein CommonRedpolls.) MKM 3914 retrapsof 3425 birdsbanded and/or recovered in southernAfrica or nearby islandswere re- WillowWarblersin long-term decline.D. Balmer, ported.Details of bandingand recoverysites, age S. Freeman and C. Wernham. 2000. Brit. Trust for at recoveryand distancesbetween bandingand Ornithol.News 233:10-11; reprintedin BirdPopu- recoverysites are providedfor 44 species.None lations6:117-121,2002. Data on changesin abun- were banded or recovered in North America, but dance of adults between 1999 and 2000 as deter- severalof the species[Wandering Albatross, Eu- minedfrom numbersof capturesat 121 Constant ropean Storm-Petrel,Common, Arctic,Sandwich Effort Sites in the British Isles are tabulated for 24 and White-wingedterns and Barn Swallow] occur speciesand percentagechanges between years regularlyor occasionallyin North America.) MKM determinedfor adultabundance and productivity. Long-tailedTits and three warblerspecies showed Ringing summary for Uganda, March 1997 to statisticallysignificant increase between years December 2001. M. Wilson. 2001. Afring News whileBlackcaps and Willow Warblers declined. Blue 30:82-84. Box20085, Nakawa, Kampala,Uganda. Tits, Blackcapsand WillowWarblers showed over- (In an effort to band wintering migrantsfrom the all increasesin productivity,although both Blue T•ts Palaearctic, 10,014 birds of 275 species were and WillowWarblers have been decliningon a banded at severalsites in Uganda. A table liststhe longer-termscale.) MKM 19 most-bandedspecies, 17 of whichare migrants from the Palaearctic.The two most frequently

Jan - Mar 2004 NorthAmencan Bird Bander Page19 Historical and seasonal changes in the com- were combined with observational data to docu- munity of forest birds at Longneck Lagoon Na- mentavifaunal composition, seasonal changes and ture Reserve, Scheyville, New South Wales. K. longer-term populationchanges. Banding recov- H. Egan, J. R. Farrelland D. L. Pepper-Edwards. eries revealed several short distance movements 1997. Corella 21:1-16. I Bowman St., Mortdale, within the reserve and movement by a Sacred New South Wales 2223, Australia. (Banding data Kingfisher1,588 km NNW to Queensland). MKM from 1965 to 1994, unfortunatelywithout quantita- tive documentationof banding effort until 1992, MKM = Martin K. McNicholl

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