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EBBA NEWS A FRIENJ;>LY REPORT ISSUED MONTHLY TO THE MEMBERS

OF THE EASTERN BIRD BANDING ASSOCIATION

March, 1944 "LET US BAND TOGETHER"

President Pro Tern: Dr. H. B. Wood, 3016 N. 2nd St., Harrisburg, Pa. Secretary: Horace Groskin, 210 Glenn Rd., Ardmore, Pa. · · Treasurer: Robert K. Ungemah, 10 Jackson Ave., White Plains, N. Y. Editor: Geotrrey Gill, 24 Overlook Dr., Huntington, L. I., N. Y. · ·

BA:t>IDING NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE

3 75 'BANDERS

EVERY MONTH

Vol. 7 No. 3

All editors are considered. slightly 11 whacky 11 ?-nd true to form, 11ye Ecl 11 is prooaoly no e~Q~ption.. ,The. first. ·J?agE? · )s alw~s prepared last, making it the lCJ.st page to be written. Here we- are with only this· page left and a 11mnlion 11 interest:b.ng items to sq1,1eeze into this issv.e. Possibly it would "be "best to start from Maine and sweep right down to Florida, touching on some of the highlights of the many interest­ing letters received and so produ-9.~ a hodge ... pod.ge 0f comments, a good old fashioned 111Janding stew 11 which may be mentally a~9petiz;ing on a cold Harch day. Here we go.

M1·s. Effie Anthony, Bar Harbor, Mo. writes in February, 11A Fox Sparrow is still feeding around my station ancl has been here d<'tily since the middle of December. --- have never heard of one here before through t 1·1e winter, seems a little small, but very bright plumage and in good condition."

,Skipping over to: New York State, Mr. and Mrs. Lerch of :Penn Yan, report a , Field Sparrow wintering· fo,r the first time at their ste.tion. -- As an aftermath of·.

tho wholesale pigeon poisonj.w~; in Novr York Oi ty·, a Duck Ha,-rk dropped dead in Jersey Oi ty at tho foot of a traffic cop, .with a half-eaton pig0on in January. Yes, it wore a band and had been h~1.nded· [~.s a juvenile on June 11, l939 by Vl, R. Spofford at Nyack, N. Y. -- Jesse v. Miller of Eow H;ydc :Parl:.:, L. I., N. Y. was the author of a fino banding article in 11 Tho American Biolog:r Teacher.". In this paper, :SBBA gets a boost as doos the INLAND associe1tion. Harold C. Burdicl( wri tin{c tho banding article for our sister association. '

Back to New Jorso~'• Beecher Bowdish of Demarest, F. J. is ovorwholmcd by 11 ropo::tts 11 , getting about 60 birds to o::i.ch new bird banded. Attempting to oancl Even­ing Grosbeaks n,nd tnl-co n kod[.t.chromo of n, Oardin61 in tho snow on his· arm b;ir.thdrw and birthdnys of other :f.runo1.1.S men in Fobrunr;>', he wnsn 1 t successful~ :~<::veni.n;; Gras­beeks \'!ore reported 0-t Bound Brook and Dick Fischer of Flushing hoard about it. Although still recovering from tho effects from n bad bump on his "noggin" sufforod while skat in(;, he wrootloc~ his wny with o_ big hroncklo trE'.p through subways, trains and busses to Bound Brook. Ris first sortie netted him 3 of those birds. Determined to get more, he. modo rmothor trip on tho next week end nnd got 15 more.

R1lph V!ctzol of Boi1ling Sprinc~s, :Po .• , wri tos thn,t he ho.s cnught 30 C1:1.rdim\lr in a ·drop tro.p o..nd 21 Fore males. Q:.:,rdino1s scorn exceedingly trap .. shy nnd none rc­pon.torl more thn.n once, Fischer lcr1.rnod tho same thing while n,t Bound Brook. Hr. '\'l'etzo'l also reports thnt every ti:'ilo he isivos n little talk on br.\.nding .~.t his' ochool, a. few dn.ys ln.tor some one brings him o. Scro~: ch Owl to bo.nd. In tho third such in­stD.ndc, his friend drovo 10 miles 01.1.t of his rray, nith g[!.S rationing, so that tho bird would bo bnndod• Rev. Ednnrd Stoehr of Pittsburgh, Pa, nlso reports tho c'apturc of e._ Scr·..;cch Owl with bn.re hn.nds and in his first two vmoks ·of oper0.tion, ::o birds onndcd including 15 Or.rdinrus o.nd 3 I)o,my Woodpeckers. rurthor south, Arnolin R. Lasky o'f No.shville, Tenn. reports the bo..nding of 533 Vn1ito-throats from 1932 to 1942 with 17 individunls returning, 1 nlmost 6 ye<trs old, but no recoYorionl

OLDEST AGE RECORDS OF BIPllS - Second List

"The more we stud~r birds, the more we find th2t there is still more to know. 11 11Ye Ed 11 doesn 1 t know who first e;qJressed this thoue;ht, but he is reacty to second the motion. The old age records that members have been sending in prove the ~ruth of this saying, The records v:e thought wol,ld be knocked down, stand up und others that we thought were hard to beat have been beaten. Jud,~in[!,' the ages is still a problem and we have about decided that we should figure an adult banded. after the breedin,-,; sea.son was hatched the previous June. Of course, it may have been }f.ay or July or even en.rl:" August, depending on the place or the species, bv.t to make it '' easier, rre settle fbr June. Then we have decided to gi.vo tho months as well as the yoars, as some records are ve1·y closo to ea.ch other.

Before -.,vo "consult the records" we r1ant to thank the members for sonrlir<~; in the postals and hope th".t they· will keep them coining. There is lots of room f or more records and especiall:r among the warbler and uncommon spa.rrows for rocor(1S of 3 ancl 4 years. :But . to the records;-- Wo give the changes from the previous ' list in t'h.e February issue and then some new birds to battle over, Where. records -arc close we enter both and might add thD.t dl Dov:ny Woodpeckers reported before wore mal8s, Has anyone c;ot a record of an old lady DoYmy?

Place of :Banding T

BL • C ~ CHI CKAD:JE Branchport, N. Y. TREE SPARROVT Grand Rapids ,~:lich. Demarest, N. J. SL .. C. JUNCO Oliverea, !f. Y. RED W. BLACKBIRD Branchport~ N. Y~

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SCREECH OWL Staten Island,N.Y. DOUBLE CRESTED COV!ORA.NT Antigonish, 1\r. s. VlH I TE-o THROAT SP. Nashville, Tonn~ SWAliiP SPARROW, Pequannock, N, J. COV!EIRD Gr""nd R[\}_)ids,,Mich. MARYLAND Y. 'rHROAT Oliverea, N.Y. Huntington, L.I. CHIPP!lJG SPA..LffiOVl Bel tsvillo, · Md, FIELD SPiillROW :Bel ts'ville, Md. BL.C.NIGHT HERON Speonk, L, I • , ~T. Y. TUFTED Tl 'l'MOUSE Ardmore, Pa.

---CHA~-TGES ET OLD .A.GE RECORDS---

Return or R~co vE:J_rv

C.J.Svikcr

1'Ir s. F. L • DuHo nd B.S,BoHdish

1fcrdi Burtch '· II' II

2/7/-36\. 2/15733

10/21/26

10/20/35 6/30/25

10/3/LI2

2/12/Lf4 1/26/41

7/28/35

5/g/43 6/20/33

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H.K.Deckcr

, H.S.Potcrs

Amolia R • . Laskcy

Mrs ,M .DumoJ:!.t

Mrs,F.L.DuHond

~lrs.F.K,Dn~oy

G, Gill

VI. M, D:wid'so n

W .M. Davidson

Leroy 1.'!ilcbx

Horace Groskin

10/27/15

6/S/37

l2/3i/34

Lf/26/38

4/26/35

5/15/29 5/23/30

4/25/35

9/12/3B

7/11/23

9/20/43

2/3/4o

5/2/4~ .

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5/7/3?-5/12/33

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4/23/43

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3 yrs. s· mos. S Yi" s • -( mo s •

9 u :r s. l '' mo.

Prattsbuig B yrs. 11 mos. sruno s· yrs.

sruno 3 yrs. l mo.

Dibc.:yCo.N.S. G y~s.3mos~

same 5 yrs. 8 mos·.

3 yrs. ll mos.

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11 3 yrs, 11 mos. Hoop~rs~Md. 3yrs, llmos.

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n L!. yrs:. 10 mos.

· Cont el:' 9 yrs. B mos~ Uorichos,N.Y. .

srunc · 4 yrs. 1 mo.

COMMENTS ON THE WEST-CENTRAJJ NEI'l YORK . :E.A.NTIHT(} .. ... · ·

. '.The tabulation's •shoViri .. on ·{he f~llo'~ing pages (l.?;'e featured· th..is ·tiibnt'h' :fair .·. sev ral •J.·easons . All ·stations E-.1.re. V0'f:-Y a di:v'e· ar~~ are located wi:t11in ·a few m:i:l .e a o.-l ·each other, as shown on the small ma;p on the last pa:ge. · 1Rou.ghJ.y they f o·rm: a line itl the lake. district of New York, runni pg i n a southwo .ster1J'.~ . or . nQrtl1efl,pt.e -~y d,ii,•ec·t"ion, parE~;Pel to the l ine ' of mi gr e.tQry fli~E;ht aJ.ona; .the Atlaptic · Co ~tst , as we k ~ow H; . ,. Burtch and Spiker are a litqe o~er . 2 ;.mi1·e~ . from .eaeh o'tiber and during 2Q: year~ of' banding, a Sol)@; c;>r a Tree Si:iar,foVI , bande·d at •one station , oce~sionally ap,l!Je'tlrs ·at t e' o~her. Spiker ia o. half mile ~~c~m~ L?lce Keuku.a , Stu;t-d~vant 5 miles , . and ~he g:r~at-est ' d1st e.nce between al l f our stat. J.on~ is only~ 1;11.b.0urt 20 m:tles . Lerch ha s cav.ght uo birds· beinded by the others and O·nlY 2 of his 1'\:Jid;ds lJ.av·e appeared at the c:>th er · .s~!'-'.tions. An immature moJ.e Red-wing Dlo.cl;c'bi:rO. bax~<f1;ed by1. lh'l.Tt'Ch1 !.11· ' 35 , appearecl ~~ .S turdeife.~lt 1 s station in 142 an~l again · in 143, (S ee .oltl ~e . record:;r; th'is i ss\.1.e ). Con&id:ering the l a r ge total :of bircls banded ; yhe . Ure~cv.es 1 1 a:b q·ther sta tions are surprisi ·n.e;~y sma.l l. · A psr~ial expl a·1ation for t l1i.'s will 'be o, ff er~d later.'

I . ;· . , Du~ to war co nditions , the year~ . shown b.er:e ,.-,l:E:l not truly comparative. All

banders have · leas time to devote to ba nding .. _and this. is' r ofl.octed p rogr o.as iv:e:!,.y in 142 and 1 43. Mrj and Mrs •. Lerch, form~ r t.eaohe 'l.·s , ml:1iUagc a f rm ' as do es Hr .. Stur.Q.cvant. It is not necessary t p explain the sho.rte..ge of faJ.rftl labor. Mr. Spike r bP.s (~i ven u:_p h is f a rm O.)'ld is work i ng over~r night in a . v ~"tr '@lLtt;J.t , sleeping days. Mr~' B rtch has a . store in Branchport anrl tho JJrO lJl em of h~lp, ~s 2.1So acute. Their banc:lin,<;~ has :suffpred not from a l ack of intorost, vthi ch is v -J r. y k een in all cases, 'but fror:\ a lack of spare Ume.

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All stations ,particuh \ tly tlw 3 on ,!'age 5, show a largo :.minbor of s.wo.llows banded. Many of these swallows were banded by flashlight. during visit::; to the· rJ.Carby marshes, po.rticularly in 141. Two or' three ba11.d.ors worked· together during evenings and band ed l ar L~;e number s . No tC3 t ho v ru.: io t y of -cwal1ons ·banded in tho,t yo.;lr. With ga,s·olit\e restrictions i n the l p,st 2 year~ , S'\J:ch ov,tings .htwo ceasccl '1.nd swaJ.lovl band­ing f ell Gff, depondb~ f o.r tho mos t pa;rt on tho band ing· . of ·Be:wn Swallow fJ.od:_;lings, with the oxoopt io n of Sturdovn.nt , ·who l?.a.~ founcl a remarkable wn:.y of m::'.king homos for Oliff Sw<i!.llo ~ s (Soc EBBA liDS f or March , ' 1 1~3 ) and has banded ne.,·.rl:r oJ.l of this spot?-ies appen.ring in tho t abul a.:tion . · · ·

All stn.tions hn.ve br~ndod o. l D..r 0 o n1~]\lbor of sparrows: with Son;; mid· Troo Sparrows proeimont. Song Sptwrorrs uncloubt odiy brood . thoreobOut s, but m['.n~.r must bo ~i birds of tho yo~,-~~, co.ught in the·· ~all · . .rhile pa;,>s iqg t.hrough, o:to · spring mig-p:mt s. The c~tch s eems to bo far beyond what '· tho .cJ..ror1 around ·D;ny , one s.tc:o.tion could. su.pport o,s a . breeding population" With Tr('o. 'spo.r rbns it would · ·Pl.ler.t..r that ·thi.s r>.roa is. a 'favo:r:i. .tD. winteri ng ground. All stntiomr r port n 'gogdl3r number of -returns cnch winter, ·.pvidonc that the w:Lnt or.int~ ground for L1dividual bi·r~d9 :i,.s. even ro'St'rictod iri. the gcner~,l tareD- •. Tho fact , that Sturclovru1t ·on.nds tho bulk of tho Chipping Sparrows is :i:'bmarlmblo o.nd he oxpln.ins it as ·d.uc to tho f!:\ct thnt ho is fu.~.~thcr from tho l.:1.ko th.'u1 tho o thcrs. Field Sparrows np,p D.ir~:.Jntly tt.lk o the pl n.ce of t.ho 11 Chippios 11 fl.t Lerch lind S·:)iltor 1 s ... ststio.n with .. , sprinkli!lf!; of other 'VOl l:l.rl!, d S1J!lliDOr npo.rrows. With Whito-thro.;.;_t ro..nd . . VThi to-drowrwO, sp. ,;rro ·1s there sooms to ·be p. slight . to;.1doncy .for ch;l..Di;'o L1 tho rolativu st r.ttus ef each ' SP \~c'i ns . '. I n r lu Whito-m:>GJ\ /l1 S .. s.oi:~l more abunchnt' yet in I ~J tho Whit o,-throats o..ppo::>.r to 'be slowly tt:~Jcirtg 'f irst plt1.co~ : :->

'Vlit,h tho bo/ndi.ng of Stn.rlings, .it is'h-;:.r.cl to write anything fTom··tho totr-..l.s. reported. Tho b rmdin[; of this. species do;~oncl.s to. f.~ gro:1t. oxti:mt on tho · kind of , ; , winter. An open ··.rintor· Hill ·soo' few of' tl10 rn~cnls trt":ppcd while fror=!_1..•.e:c1.t snow ,;rili fill tho trn:-ps. From tho records it nou~cl scorn thn.t they [';ro incrc .~sing slightly, but it is good to noto tht\t they hqvon 1 t driven .1.11 tho Flickers n.nd woodpeckers a-wny, nl though those species seem on. tho cloclino. Bluobirc1s, not shown in tho tnbul '-tion nrc so few, :xpponring on Sturdov:1nt 1 s ;:nd Lorch 1 s lists only nnd in declining munbors, thnt it would nppoi:.r tho~r hnve beon driven olsowhcro.

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COMMENTS ON THE VlEST-CENTRA.L NEW XQBK :BANDING, .. ( c~;Jntinued) " . . . . ',•

(Ecli tmr 1 s Not : It is .. unfortunate that the 1imi tat ions of the : . . mimeograph IVO'Ulfl not allgw ·~;L1 figu.res ' to appear o n one pa.g~ .. " . 1 .• BURTCH in paJ;~11el co l umne. ';rh~s i s impossible without crowding and . .. •~-1 t ~2 '43 confusion. The bandi.ng of'7Ve:rrli Burtch , who ha}s been ba.ocl~ng' · :· 0 0 0 for more than 20 years in Branc~p{>rt, N. Y • ap:pears :for 'the 0 0 ··0

· 3 years to the rL;;~1t of this text. · Species al"e not repeated 5 1 0 ag·a :tn but are set down in the same order as en the following ,.30 9 \ . . 2 · page, . In no case is the corqp1ete banding of any station set 0 ,, .0 · 0 : ·:fo·r th• Ail banclers have banded more bird.s than shown . as we 0 · .0 ·· . "0 li~st· here 'only a selection of species commo n to all stationS•) 0 0 0 · - . ~ - - ~ - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ · - - - - - - - .0 0 0

. : ·· · There ·Seems to be a con~tant r atio ' bet we n WliJ. t·a- 10 · 0. 0 .. br.o~.stod .. ~1:ut~~tchc ~ . and Ohickadees ·araiigl:). t, of 1 to 3 b; 1 t0 ~'. 0 0 .Q a t a;ll s·b ation;s .. wh~eh ·is •inthre-sti'ng. ancl 1 41 apparq.J:lpy' was ';;~. " 0 3 0 ... verJr good year for both the·se s_p~rei~fs~ 42 s e oms to have " 48 1g 7 be ·n a good ycnr fo r Balt imore Oriol o13 while Hf3 was not. J.4 9 l+ 1~'h~s i s. born 01.0,t by ,'_rqpotts fr:om ·othor b.;;uider s as '!'lOll as 0 0 .. 0 thi-3' d 'ta. sho\m here • .It is · interesting to no t e th.e nurnber ·5 6 ' 3 . 6~ Goldfinch ~aken ,a.t the '13urtch station i n c:;omp~ri s0n w:itl;l 12 2 · 3.: othor stations. Spiltcr.,:'.onl,y ·2 miles awny, caught only 3 in 30. 11 . i0 3 Y ~;a.rs while ~urtch got 150. 0 0 ·0 ·

9 . ·1 " Q There a.rc so·many· intoresti'ng points ~bout thee:o' 0 b . P.·.

banding figures th~t it would be easy to usa twic0 the 5 0 0 runount of space we Ctln ap 0 to .comment about them. HowtlV() r, ,12 ;1.: .2 it is .EB~ ~ 1 S p\l.rpos <:l , a siCle froin tho t5e'noral intorost con- · 0 .0 te.·~ned in. tho t P.bUli:t t:i:On to point out ' 0. WOaknoSS COJnlnOn a.t 36 ' ·2 22' .ALL bo:nding st at i cns . Thoeo b-<J.nclors ''.ro e!-11 oxcollont 109 l~l 0 · we;rkon· :1nQ.. the spirit Gf fri~mdly: co0p~rc.o Ucm could n0t be 0 0 0 . 'bot t or. Tho::~y ·.risi t each · othor oncl b €1J'ld to gotl1or 1 pa rtiouiarly 1.~5 .'0 , 0· in the rn fl.r.sh., ·before the war mudo such t rip s i'mp~-ssib1o . 0 ·Q 0 ( B~rtch goes to Oncida ' Lak~ to bapu Torn~ und.g~t~ a Iot of 1 0 Q Rus·t ·y ]la,ok'birds in tJ:ic nca tby ma1•sho s •) · Y.ct' 'w:ttn oll this 0 56 . ·. ·0 banding , thoir c1oso proximity to c ch othor , thoy oo-. 128 55 1 c.c.Siona.lly sb.o rf puzzl ement over the l o.ek ef l·ocov.orioo. or .. 6 ;-.; 0 · .- 1 11 ros.cuos'l ·betweon s.to.tio·1'ls.. Tlw hl.nswc'r / t;~.S E:B-].3A sees it, 2 · 2 .- .. . l+ is that .the:v arre o-11 workd.hg ind~pondoptl;y e.nd 'ilapP'( I.Y with~· 1.. , . 0 ' 7 out nny. pl::m. . Just a,$' 11Yc Ed" blis ful l y bonds birds with- 3b' 2 r. 29 out :my ,tlto~1.~·ht of tcy'ing to got \•rhd t ho ,.noo.ro-st bnndor ~!'>· · · 1 0 .. l l c •... tching , tho so momb ors b~d bii'ds. Spoc~ .cs thn.t thoy ha.v6 ·. 47.~ ... 2. !1;2.' b.a.nd9d ·.in, Q.'l.U<J:nti ty ··:r.ro ' .ftt.l"arly l\11 .. mig : Mt E( p 1.s·sing througn, ,··, 129 · 97 77 · O:J<:CG:Jil t 'rr~e Spl~rrows, i·md mt-~.y · nover stop. .l'la~r them .:gt\in. . , .-·' Sturdevant . P.ro'b a,b;J..y h.Lia tr.tc' koy to ti !mcq6'fJ·sfu1 project ·ri th hie Cliff Sw;i\l l0wa • • If some of .h i G houo ci s , ospoc i r.ri 1Y, sinco·~ fJ.il ·~ :.:nider!'l '11'0 ti ad. ' to th.Dil· homo grounds , ; could be :pl ucos b.t · c:~ch ~~ f. ti i:m, . 'tho· ovol-'~lorl from S.tu.rdovo.nt ' o~i·gin<' l colony might appotl.;r at the ot·hor . stations · and moko i nteres ting h;istory. Prrlbe.bly th J noo.rost· · · bn,nQ.cl;' -.•ho h.n.s wo.rkEJd o'xtensivcl y · ·rith swu.llom:1 is_ Prof. :pa.yton ~tcl'ier of Albn.ny·, wh0 b.t~ wo.rkad wi'tH. Bf!.nk Swa.J. 1ows, sparsely rc]p.•as ntoq. on thoso lists. It is doumtful -,-rhethor they would rwper•r o.t Koulruo. Lo.ko ; so f a r from thoir homo n.r en. By ._,,11 mo.nns bn.nd avery bird no c t;., but 11Lot Us Bond TofjbthC' r 11 tho bir(i.s our no:1.gl'lbo ri-lug· l (lJldOii' is .bandi:nge · ' .. r

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A COHPARISON Oll~ 3 BA>IDIITG STATIOHS IN WEST-.CEFTRAL NEW YORK FOR THREE YEARS

... LERCH SPIKER

-... 41 1 42 •43 141 1 42 '43 STURDEV A:NT l 42 I l.Jr3

c-:a:.:.'I) TOTAL

. Chimney Swift Flicker Hairy V!oodpecker Dovmy Phoebe Fraire Horned Lark

1 Bank Svm.ll ow i .

' t Rough-Vl. II

! Barn rr Cliff II

Blue Jay

1t Black C. Chickadee ! White B, Nuthatch

Red B. tt

House VTren Catbird Robin Starling

' Myrtle Warbler N_ Yellow Throat Red W. Blackbird B·altimore Oriole Cowbird Gold'fi~ch Towhee Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper II

Vesper 11

Slate Colored Junco Tree Sparrow Chip~;Jing " Field rr White Crown Sparrow White-throat " Lincoln's " Sw8.rnp 11

Song 11

3' 0 ':• 3 1 I'· •'X '. 2 0 ~-"'. :· """ ' ·i;.t· 3 .. .. - ' 6

,... l' -~·- · 4 2' 1 6' 1 1. 0

212' 94 ~1: 6

2 2 29 10 .. 6 4 :·1 0

9 24 30 20 16 15 79 298 1 0 5 3 5 7 7 0 5 17 9 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1

20 85 162 139 13 10 20 23 64 4o 42 73

2 7 Yi 3

303 369

0 13 3

14 8 0 0 0

64 0

3 42

a 14 37 62

272 1 9

30 11 7

i3 9 0 1 1

42 121

1 52

127 153

3 3

443

3 3 1

9 7 2

10 2

2B4 9 1

28 6 1

3 12

3 1 0 3 1 9 0

3 12

2 6

25 39

121 5

23 65 17

1 2

87

0 0 2 4 0 1 3 1

106 6 1

14 5 0 7 4 0

5 0

20 0 1 7 0 6 7 5

26 84

106 11 Lf7 5~. 46 10

7 251

0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

20 0 1

12

' 0 0 2 1 6 0

3 1 0 4 0 2 6

11=) 4

14 117

0 10 43 12

0 0

113

0 0

5 13 20 1 2 6

387 229

3 17

6 0

1~-0

36 7 1 1 8

46 38

~-1 1 0

21 51 32

132 8

1~9 31

2 6

239

5 0 2 4

12 0 0 0

361 302

2 10 3 0 0 0

19 15 6 0 1

12 19

0 0 0 1 6

33 113

60 13 14 6 0 0

58

11 21 15 51+ 53 7

22 10

1528 566 15

162 13 ~6

71 105 152 683

4~ 53 36 97 33 31 22 23 84

368 911 232 196 L!·53 380

25 1)6

1363

This tabule.t ion does not inclucle all birds banded during the 3 YC<'3.rs at all stations, but most of them tha.t v.re comparable. The Grant Tota,l for the above period at the 3 stations is S, 733, Mr. Sturdevant onl;;r oegr:>..n on November 9, 1941 and his '42 column includes the birds ca:u.ght in the lD.st 2 months of 1L!-l. He l;w.s a total of 2,638 for the 2 years 8.nd_ 2 month-s, Vlhich jJUtS

1_, him well in the class with the older sk.tions. r 1 • f:}l ~~

L - Mr. ~nd Mrs. Halcolm Lerch, Penn Yrm, H. Y.

S- Charles J, Spiker, Bre.nchport, N. Y.

ST- Carleton A. Sturdevant, Prattsburg, N. Y.

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