BIRD BANDING STATIONS

at Farm island and Fisherman Point near Pierre, South Dakota

Table 1. Birds banded at Farm Island and Fisherman Point from 1993 through spring of 2012; Fisherman Point banding station was open in the spring of 2004.

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Species
# Banded
# Recaptures
Total
Orange-crowned Warbler
2512
62
2574
Yellow Warbler
1216
86
1302
Swainson's Thrush
1109
24
1133
Common Yellowthroat
965
176
1141
Least Flycatcher
926
10
936
Myrtle Warbler
733
10
743
Traill's Flycatcher
545
8
553
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
495
10
505
Gray Catbird
414
13
427
Wilson's Warbler
387
18
405
White-throated Sparrow
382
39
421
Tennessee Warbler
308
3
311
House Wren
297
79
376
Spotted Towhee
266
37
303
American Redstart
257
7
264
Blackpoll Warbler
229
4
233
Black-capped Chickadee
204
159
363
Warbling Vireo
171
17
188
Lincoln's Sparrow
167
4
171
Brown Thrasher
155
18
173
Slate-colored Junco
122
5
127
Red-eyed Vireo
121
5
126
Song Sparrow
110
24
134
Ovenbird
107
5
112
White-crowned Sparrow
100
0
100
Northern Waterthrush
91
1
92
Black-and-white Warbler
90
2
92
Black-headed Grosbeak
87
24
111
Harris's Sparrow
75
6
81
Mourning Warbler
72
1
73
Clay-colored Sparrow
70
0
70
Yellow-breasted Chat
62
0
62
Magnolia Warbler
56
1
57
Nashville Warbler
53
1
54
Swamp Sparrow
50
3
53
Gray-cheeked Thrush
49
1
50
Baltimore Oriole
49
5
54
White-breasted Nuthatch
45
27
72
American Robin
42
7
49
Yellow-shafted Flicker
39
4
43
Cedar Waxwing
38
0
38
Field Sparrow
37
1
38
Downy Woodpecker
31
6
37
Chipping Sparrow
30
0
30
Northern Cardinal
28
8
36
American Goldfinch
28
0
28
Red-breasted Nuthatch
25
1
26
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
20
1
21
Orchard Oriole
16
2
18
Common Grackle
16
0
16
Golden-crowned Kinglet
15
0
15
Brown Creeper
14
0
14
MacGillivray's Warbler
13
0
13
Hairy Woodpecker
13
2
15
Lazuli Bunting
13
0
13
American Tree Sparrow
12
0
12
Bell's Vireo
11
0
11
Western Palm Warbler
11
0
11
Indigo Bunting
10
0
10
Blue Jay
9
0
9
Chestnut-sided Warbler
9
0
9
Fox Sparrow
9
0
9
Philadelphia Vireo
8
1
9
Sharp-shinned Hawk
8
0
8
Red-winged Blackbird
7
0
7
Veery
7
0
7
Brown-headed Cowbird
7
0
7
Eastern Kingbird
7
0
7
Canada Warbler
6
0
6
Great Crested Flycatcher
6
0
6
Black-throated Green Warbler
5
0
5
Pine Siskin
5
0
5
Hermit Thrush
5
0
5
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
5
0
5
Oregon Junco
4
0
4
Black-throated Blue Warbler
4
0
4
Blue-headed Vireo
4
0
4
Marsh Wren
4
0
4
Red-bellied Woodpecker
4
0
4
Bay-breasted Warbler
4
0
4
Northern Parula
3
0
3
Summer Tanager
3
1
4
Belted Kingfisher
2
0
2
Blue Grosbeak
2
0
2
Connecticut Warbler
2
0
2
Golden-winged Warbler
2
0
2
Le Conte's Sparrow
2
0
2
American Kestrel
2
0
2
Blackburnian Warbler
1
0
1
Blue-winged Warbler
1
0
1
Carolina Wren
1
0
1
Eastern Bluebird
1
0
1
Hooded Warbler
1
0
1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1
0
1
Plumbeous Vireo
1
0
1
Red-headed Woodpecker
1
0
1
Red-shafted Flicker
1
0
1
Savannah Sparrow
1
0
1
Townsend's Warbler
1
0
1
Worm-eating Warbler
1
0
1
Winter Wren
1
0
1
Wood Thrush
1
0
1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
0
1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1
0
1
Eastern Wood-Pewee
1
0
1
Audubon's Warbler
1
0
1
Barn Swallow
1
0
1
Tree Swallow
1
0
1
House Finch
1
0
1
Lark Sparrow
1
0
1
Western Kingbird
1
0
1
Western Meadowlark
1
0
1
TOTAL
13778
929
14707