The Spit Bird Banding: January 4, 2016.
Licenced Banders: David Braithwaite, Stephen Macdonald, and
Rainer Ebel
Location: The Spit Site, Seaworld Dr Main Beach QLD : .56J 542050 E 6909186N
Temperature: 22-27°C; Cloud Cover: 100%; Net Operation: 05:00 to 9:30 = 4.5 hrs.
Number of nets: 7 (2.5 m tall by 12m long, 32mm mesh) Number of net-hrs: 49.5 net-hrs. Birds/net-hrs (Effort): 0.14. Number of birds: 31birds representing, 2 species
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Comment
Weather conditions were relatively hot, dry with a slight on shore south easterly wind; the quiet before the anticipated storm scheduled for the coming day
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Silvereye 28 [4: 3 were initially banded on the 28/11/2015, and 1 on the 4/12/2015] Tawny Grassbird 3.
Weather conditions were relatively hot, dry with a slight on shore south easterly wind; the quiet before the anticipated storm scheduled for the coming day
Other
Observations
An additional 30 birds
recorded while at the station. Brown Honeyeater is finally returning from wherever they nest during the spring/flowering period.
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| Location of The Spit. To the right the beaches and Pacific Ocean, to the left The Broadwater. The Banding station is located approximately 1-200 m south of the "square" near the tip. |
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| View north of the beaches south of our banding station |
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| View south of the kilometres of beaches and the sky scarpers of Surfers Paradise (Not!) |
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| Tawny Grassbird |
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| Silvereye ( resident and migrant population exists |
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| Habitat at the banding site |
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| author in a very happy place |
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