Table 2. Dates of first capture of hatching-year birds at Laskeek Bay. Sample sizes in parentheses are the numbers of individuals trapped and aged during systematic mist-netting sessions.


Species  
1998
 
1999
 
2000
 
2001
 
Mean
Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana)
 
...
 
30 June (17)
 
8 June (36)
 
...
 
19 June
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
(Parus rufescens)
 
...
 
17 July (17)
 
24 June (25)
 
28 June (22)
 
03 July
Fox Sparrow
(Passerella iliaca)
 
...
 
07 July (18)
 
22 June (89)
 
21 June (54)
 
27 June
Golden-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus satrapa)
 
16 June (48)
 
01 July (16)
 
08 June1 (89)
 
25 June (26)
 
20 June
Hermit Thrush
(Catharus guttatus)
 
16 June (63)
 
29 June (49)
 
18 June (96)
 
21 June (110)
 
21 June
Orange-crowned Warbler
(Vermivora celata)
 
12 June (131)
 
08 July (33)
 
25 June (131)
 
29 June (81)
 
26 June
Pacific Slope Flycatcher
(Empidonax difficilis)
 
...
 
...
 
28 June (26)
 
... (21)
 
...
Red-breasted Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus ruber)
 
...
 
...
 
...
 
29 June (22)
 
...
Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)
 
18 June (36)
 
03 July (32)
 
27 June (89)
 
21 June (43)
 
25 June
Swainson's Thrush
(Catharus ustulatus)
 
... (23)
 
... (20)
 
26 July (38)
 
22 July (53)
 
24 July
Townsend's Warbler
(Dendroica townsendi)
 
21 June (66)
 
14 July (34)
 
24 June (57)
 
21 June (57)
 
30 June
Varied Thrush
(Ixoreus naevius)
 
17 June (18)
 
...
 
...
 
...
 
...
Winter Wren
(Troglodytes troglodytes)
 
4 June (45)
 
01 July (18)
 
22 June (80)
 
21 June (49)
 
20 June
1 Two hatchling-year individuals were trapped in a preliminary netting session on 8 June 2000: one Brown Creeper and one Golden-crowned Kinglet.