Western Regional News Western Bird Bandin Association Founded 1925 ANNUAL REPORT A summaryof bandingreported from the WBBA areafor 1990with USFWS/CWS bands. Compiledby the Coyote Creek Riparian Station, P.O. Box 1027, Alviso, CA 95002.Upon request we can supply a listof all bandersfor a species. Codesin the HIGH BANDERS col,ran refer to the listof individualor institutionalbanders. Numbers in 0 are individualtotals. Where no numbersare included, that individual banded the total for thatspecies. SPECIES AK BC/AB/ OR/WA ID/MT/ WY/CO/ CA AZ/NM/ HI/PAC. TOTAL ItIGHBANDERS YU/NW NV UT MX ISLANDS PIED-BILLED GREBE 2 2 S26 HORNED GREBE 1 9 C16(8),F3(1) EARED GREBE 1 2 F3m9(1) WESTERN GREBE 41 41 F3 BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS 530 530 H14 LAYSAN ALBATROSS 1131 1213 Hln(l131),A3(81),F3(1) BONIN PETREL 9 9 H14 BULWER'S PETREL 6 6 H14 WEDGF_•TAILED SHEARWATER 1374 1374 H14 CHRISTMAS SHEARWATER 14 14 H14 NEWELL'S PETREL 5 5 H14 HAWAIIAN PETREL 7 7 H10 FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL 277 1 278 A10(2T0,Pll(1) LEACH'S STORM-PETREL 417 417 P16(3T0,Pll(31),D10(9) ASHY STORM-PETREL 289 289 Pll(207),D10(82) RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD 828 828 H14 MASKED BOOBY 131 131 H14 RED-FOOTED BOOBY 282 282 H14 BROWN BOOBY 471 471 H14 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 5O 1•0 •9(100),S22(•0) BROWN PELICAN 7 7 F3 DOUBLE-CR.F_STED CORMORANT 1 7 R9(5),F3/Jl(1) BRANDT'S CORMORANT 93 93 Pll GREAT FRIGATEBIRD 291 291 H14 LEAST B1TrERN 1 1 V3 GREAT BLUE HERON 1 39 •0 B16(•2),H1•(l•),K9(1) GREAT EGR.Er 96 9• H•(•P3(1) SNOWY EGRET 181 211 H13(181),R9(30) CATILE EGRET 19 19 HLa GREEN-BACKED HERON 2 2 H13 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 11 79 92 S20(72),R9(ll),H13(7) •t-IITE-FACED IBIS 51 38 •o s22(•o).R9(38),s3tszs(1) •t-IISTLING SWAN 9 9 Y1(6),I3(3) TRUMPEIER SWAN 4 414 PJ(•0•),MS(S),TS(4) GREATER 14HITE-FltONTED GOOSE1491 1533 U4(478),KS{348),AS(233) July- Sept. 1991 NorthAmerican EdrdBander Page91 SPECIES AK BC/AB/OR/WA IDfMT/ WY/CO/ CA AZ/NM/HI/PAC. TOTAL HIGHBANDERS YU/NW NV UT MX ISLANDS 1293 A8 EMPEROR GOOSE 1293 5128 A8 BLACK BRANT 5128 CANADA GOOSE 1412 250 2092 1102 25 4881 A5(1115),V6(1029),I1(977) WOOD DUCK 3 1 419 423 C23(307),$7(57),$14(41) AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL 129 363 8 2? 34O 4 871 B15(336),C12(331),Y1(129) AMERICAN BLACK DUCK 1 1059 2 1062 m(1059),ms(z),ClZ(1) MALLARD 7 7449 4122 1313 3165 8104 2416o ClZ(70•),B•5(2911),c23(2822) I c12 MALLARD/BLACK DUCK 1 2 2 H14 HAWAIIAN DUCK NORTHERN PINTAIL 342 1739 3 232 1736 278 4330 C12(1737),B15(1713),Y1(388) 1 C12 MALLARD/NORTHERN PINTAIL 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL 2438 3 696 49O 1 3628 C12(2437,B15(490),M14(412) CINNAMON TEAL 12 4 8 41 378 443 C23(281),S14(93),F1(30) NORTHERN SHOVELER 2 57 29 2 90 M14(ST),Fl(18),U6(9) GADWALL 46 52 207 159 464 C23(138),U6(93),B15(62) AMERICAN WIGEON 56 80 11 4 151 M14(79),C16(33),C12(Z3) CANVASBACK 30 112 24 109 275 M15(111),D10(108),C12(30) REDHEAD 2• 6 99 690 72 1133 C16(473),C12(266),B15(1T7) RING-NECKF. D DUCK 1 1 2 C16(1),B15(1) oREATER SCAUP 12 4 16 C16(12),D10(4) LF.SSER SCAUP 18 1 5 3 124 D10(83),C16(18),K1(6) HARLEOUIN DUCK 12 12 W15 BLACK SCOTER SURF SCOTER BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 1 1 Gll COMMON GOLDENEYE 1 6 B15(4),C1/C12(1) BUFFLEHF_.•D 3 BlS(2),BZ(1) HOODED MERGANSER 1 1 Cll RUDDY DUCK 4 6 10 Fl(5),C12(4),B15(1) OSPREY 20 6 116 J5(65),Bl(24),H9(•0) BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE 1 1 Sll BALD EAGLE 103 8 3 66 8 5 6 199 S30(99),H•($0),I1(23) NORTHERN HARRIER 10 9 20 14 1 54 W18(11),S2/S1(10) SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 28 11 9 1596 2 16 156 1818 H12(1739),S2(2T),Pll(11) COOPERS HAWK 8 3 895 2 46 185 1139 H 12(1078),B16(34),D3(6) NORTHERN GOSHAWK 9 21 2 46 21 3 102 H 12(47),B16(12),S2/W6(9) HARRIS' HAWK 33 33 MlO1),P3/S4(1) RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 79 B16(65),WZ(8),sno) BROAD-WINGED HAWK 37 1 38 H12 SWAINSOWS HAWK 111 22 4 78 119 1 335 W6(115),R9(75 ),J 1(47) RED-TAILED HAWK 6 82 17 112 40 287 13 557 B16(115 ),H12(101),W6(95) FERRUGINOUS HAWK 82 79 77 4 45 287 R9(64),A7(53),N10(45) ROUGH-LEC•ED HAWK 139 1 2 142 S2(139),Sl1(2),A7(1) GOLDEN EAGLE 2 1 50 144 12 1 210 K3(103),P13(21),H6(20) AMERICAN KESTREL 189 21 751 885 311 142 13 2312 B10(603),R7(500),Bl(335) MERLIN •0 42 3 4 2 4 1 116 S30(54),P14(34),S2(6) PEREGRINE FALCON 50 21 44 84 4O lO• 3 348 B1l(141),P3(l•0),H9(48) GYRFALCON $1 1 1 53 S2(43),H9(8),H6/P14(1) PRAIRIE FALCON 115 148 74 84 423 A7(110),B13(100),B16(47) SAGE GROUSE 12 12 G9 CALIFORNIA QUAIL 25 25 G5 BLACK PAIL 1 1 •3 CLAPPER RAIL 38 38 S•.(Z3),S10(15) 3 3 V3(2),B2(1) 6 35 R9(28),B2(4),S10(2) HAWAIIAN co(xr 1 1 H14 SANDHILL CRANE 16 21 65 B2(28),MS(19),P15(16) BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 6 6 N6 LE.•ER GOLDEN-PLOVER 7 139 146 P10(139),N6(7) SNOWY PLOVER 21 289 P11(258).N2(21),•)(8) SEMIPALMATED PLOVER 3 1 n 31(3),P1(1) KILLDEER 1 17 42 R9(14),M9(13),B2N3(4) MOUNTAIN PLOVER 6 6 R9 BLACK OYSTERCATCHER 3 3 Pll(e),F10(1) BLACK-NECKED STILT 11 n c17(8),c1(3) AMERICAN AVOCET 11 11 C1 Page92 NorthAmerican BirdSander Vol16, No.3 SPECIES AK BC/AB/ OR/WA ID/MT/ WY/CO/ CA_ AZ/NM/' HI/PAC. TOTAL HIGH BANDERS YU/NW NV UT MX ISLANDS I..E.•ER YELJ_OWLEGS 1 1 2 JILT6(1) SOL1TARY SANDPIPER 4 4 J1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER 2 2 4 R9(2),J1/C16(1) BRISTLE-THIGHED CURJ_,EW 45 66 111 A8 BAR-TAILED GODWIT 4 4 A8 MARBLED GODWIT 1 1 J1 RUDDY TURNSTONE 23 I 24 P13(19).A8(4).H14(1) RED KNOT 3 3 K10 SANDERLING 11 11 K10 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 59 82 141 Jl(82),N6(58),P15(1) WF_.STERN SANDPIPER 5 92 22 119 W14(48).Pl(44),Ll(17) LEAST SANDPIPER 61 18 18 97 Jl(61).V3(16).W14(15) BAIRD• SANDPIPER 1 1 N6 PECI•RAL SANDPIPER 42 42 N6 DUNLIN 6 44 50 P11(44),N6(6) STILT SANDPIPER 7 7 N6 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER 20 20 N6 SHORT-BILLED DOW1TCHE• 5 I 6 Jl(5),K10(1) LONG-BILLED DOW1TCHER 9 9 N6 COMMON SNIPE 8 1 I 10 J1(8),D14/P11(1) RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 1 1 N6 RED PHALAROPE 11 11 N6 BONAPARTE'S GULl. 2 2 F3 HEERaMANN • GULL 2 2 F3 MEW GULL 2 2 R8 RING-BILLED GULL 199 598 2 799 G1(598),B10(199),F3AV2(1) CALIFORNIA GULL I 1•2 20 1668 2731 P11( 1617),G1( 1002),S26(51) HERRING GULL 1 1 F3 WESTERN GULL 898 898 P11(897),F3(1) GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL 50 142 192 S21(142).A8(50) BLACK-LEGGED KITrlWAKE 254 254 A8(249),I4(5) RED-LEGGED KITrlWAKE 19 19 A4 SABINE• GULL 43 43 P15 CASPIAN TERN 63 63 S9(49),C17(14) ROYAL TERN 2 2 C17 •ANT TERN 531 531 C17 FORSTER•3 TERN 35 35 C17 LEAST TERN 350 350 C17 GKAY-BACKED TERN 241 241 H14 SOOTY TERN 330 330 H14 BLACKTERN 23 23 S16 BROWN NODDY 329 329 H14 BLACK NODDY 7•1 7•1 H14 BLUE-GRAY NODDY 6 6 H14 WHITE TERN 126 126 H14 BLACK SKIMMER 137 137 C17 COMMON MURRE 4 207 211 Pll(179).F3(28),Pl(3) PIGEON GUILLEMOT 18 21 39 Pl1(21)•8(18) CASSIN• AUKLET 2•6 2•6 Pll RHINOCEROS AUKLEW 156 25 35 216 S16(156),Pll(35),N4(25) BAND-TAII.RD PIGEON 1 1 W2 WHITE-WINGED DOVE 265 265 C2(131),W1(104),C6(14) MOURNING DOVE 8 95 3 374 1471 1951 W1(849),C2(437),C1(191) INCA DOVE 127 127 C2(53),BS(31),W1(30) COMMON GROUND-DOVE 17 3 20 C24(11),M6(6),B8(2) RUDDY GROUND DOVE 1 1 C3 SPOTrED DOVE 10 10 B16(7).H13(3) YElLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 4 4 C2(3),H8(1) GREATER ROADRUNNER 3 2 5 S20/Wl(Z).C24(1) 38 6 304 291 639 M2(179),U2(117),B16(71) FLAMMULATED OWL 14 14 R4 4 4 R9 WESTERN SC•H-OWL 6 9 58 2• 6 lOO B13(52),B16(8),L1/S21(6) GREAT HORNED OWL 193 15 10 64 63 1 346 P14(121),R9(61),U7(55) SNOWY OWL 2 2 P14 Ju• -Sept.