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1980 R.L. Munne
2
Hermit Thrush
Hastings Reservation.
(15 Dec) it seems unlikely that all the birds we[illegible] captured were
AHT. Furthermore, the only known AHT bird
(banded by Pam lastwinter) lacked the buffy tips,
so it is currently not clear
16 Dec Ran the 5H trough nets from 0745-0930, catching
3 new HT's, One already banded
18 Dec Went looking for banded birds today, 0800-1200,
1530-1700, and was mostly disappointed. See map
on back for areas covered. In the big morning survey
13 unbanded thrushes
on the slope of SHill, I saw 0 banded thrushes!
I also saw:
(1) Lots of birds eating Madrone berries, as expected
(2) Evidence that at big fruit trees, birds are
not always
territorial: At the head of Big Ravine, lots
of madrones, 2-3 thrushes in one tree at the same time.
Occasionally I did see quick chases, but couldn't tell
what was going on. Regardless, lots of overlap in
ranges in that area. In other places, I saw
single birds that could have been on territories, I
suppose.
In the afternoon, I surveyed all the suitable habitat
I could find on the East face of Haystack, seeing
only one NB HT in the upper part of 1800 Ravine,
Finally, I watched the 5H water trough at dusk: 1 NB
HT, and finally, Red-m/Dblue, the same bird caught there
15+16 Dec, Where are all the others?
19 Dec Another try at finding HT's. In the late AM I cruise