USGS - science for a changing world

Alaska Science Center

white dothome: white dotscience: white dothighlights: white dotmaps, products & publications: white dotpartners & education: white dotcontact us:   white dotinternal:
Brant picture

Annual Banding Summaries

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

2009 Banding Summary


Species Number banded
Barrow's Goldeneye 39
Bar-tailed Godwit 25
Black-capped Chickadee 61
Black Brant 41
Black Turnstone 5
Boreal Chickadee 7
Cackling Goose 372
Common Redpoll 68
Downy Woodpecker 2
Dunlin 489
Emperor Goose 141
Gray Jay 1
Greater White-fronted  Goose 33
Harlequin Duck 38
Hairy Woodpecker 6
Hudsonian Godwit 106
Pacific Golden-Plover 4
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Pacific Loon 8
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Pine Grosbeak 1
Pine Siskin 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Red Knot 8
Red Phalarope 1
Red-necked Phalarope 1
Red-necked Stint 1
Rock Sandpiper 214
Red-throated Loon 54
Ruddy Turnstone 9
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 55
Spectacled Eider 41
Western Sandpiper 9
Whimbrel 21
Bird total 1873
Species total 35

2008 Banding Summary

Birds banded by Alaska Science Center, Fall 2007 to Fall 2008.
A total of 3919 birds were banded.

Species

Number banded

Bald Eagle 28
Bar-tailed Godwit 13
Black-capped Chickadee 140
Black Brant 593
Black-legged Kittiwake 412
Black Scoter 8
Black Turnstone 7
Boreal Chickadee 15
Cackling Goose 556
Common Eider 30
Common Redpoll 53
Downy Woodpecker 2
Dunlin 618
Emperor Goose 322
Greater White-fronted  Goose 30
Glaucous-winged Gull 31
Harlequin Duck 151
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Marbled Godwit 9
Mongolian Plover 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Pacific Golden-Plover 4
Pacific Loon 12
Pelagic Cormorant 155
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Pine Grosbeak 3
Pine Siskin 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-necked Phalarope 47
Rock Sandpiper 262
Red-throated Loon 25
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 21
Slate-colored Junco 1
Spectacled Eider 131
Steller's Eider 1
Surf Scoter 186
Western Sandpiper 113
Whistling Swan 30
White-winged Scoter 119
   

Bird total

4146

Species total 41

2007 Banding Summary

Birds banded by Alaska Science Center, Fall 2006 to Fall 2007.
A total of 11,002 birds were banded.


Species

Number banded

Barrow's Goldeneye 15
Bar-tailed Godwit 1
Black Brant 2611
Black Scoter 39
Black Turnstone 3
Black-capped Chickadee 180
Black-legged Kittiwake 425
Boreal Chickadee 14
Bristle-thighed Curlew 18
Cackling Goose 407
Common Eider 43
Common Merganser 12
Common Redpoll 60
Downy Woodpecker 5
Dunlin 492
Emperor Goose 192
Glaucous-winged Gull 33
Greater White-fronted  Goose 51
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Harlequin Duck 145
Long-billed Dowitcher 8
Pacific Golden-Plover 3
Pacific Loon 4
Pelagic Cormorant 197
Pine Grosbeak 6
Red Knot 4
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-necked Phalarope 3
Red-throated Loon 12
Rock Sandpiper 259
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Semipalmated Plover 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 53
Spectacled Eider 143
Steller's Eider 28
Total 5501
Western Sandpiper 15
Whimbrel 2
White-winged Scoter 9

Total

11002


2006 Banding Summary

Birds banded by Alaska Science Center, Fall 2005 to Fall 2006.
A total of 8,082 birds were banded.

Species

Number banded

Bar-tailed Godwit 13
Black-capped Chickadee 425
Black Brant 4097
Black-legged Kittiwake 478
Black Scoter 72
Black Turnstone 28
Boreal Chickadee 24
Bristle-thighed Curlew 11
Cackling Goose 104
Common Eider 37
Common Merganser 26
Downy Woodpecker 6
Dunlin 564
Emperor Goose 590
Greater Scaup 3
Glaucous-winged Gull 24
Harlequin Duck 110
Hairy Woodpecker 2
King Eider 5
Kittlitz's Murrelet 8
Long-billed Dowitcher 6
Least Sandpiper 8
Long-tailed Duck 9
Pacific Golden-Plover 1
Pelagic Cormorant 145
Pectoral Sandpiper 12
Pine Grosbeak 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch 25
Red Knot 18
Red-faced Cormorant 2
Rhinoceros Auklet 65
Red-necked Phalarope 6
Rock Sandpiper 160
Ruff 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Semipalmated Plover 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 13
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 181
Spectacled Eider 120
Steller's Eider 560
Surfbird 1
Tufted Puffin 32
Western Sandpiper 39
Whimbrel 1
Whistling Swan 28
White-winged Scoter 8

Total

8082


2005 Banding Summary

Birds banded by Alaska Science Center, Fall 2004 to Fall 2005.
A total of 4,336 birds of 25 species were banded.

Species

Number banded

Barrow's Goldeneye 39
Black-capped Chickadee 194
Black Brant 1924
Black-legged Kittiwake 480
Black Scoter 79
Black Turnstone 34
Boreal Chickadee 6
Cackling Goose 498
Canada Goose 179
Common Eider 11
Common Merganser 61
Common Redpoll 5
Common Snipe 4
Dunlin 577
Emperor Goose 134
Greater Scaup 7
Glaucous-winged Gull 8
Harlequin Duck 235
King Eider 2
Long-billed Dowitcher 19
Long-tailed Duck 2
Pacific Golden-Plover 1
Pelagic Cormorant 166
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 22
Red Knot 2
Red Phalarope 2
Rhinoceros Auklet 48
Red-necked Phalarope 4
Rock Sandpiper 161
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 224
Spectacled Eider 133
Steller's Eider 47
Surf Scoter 23
Western Sandpiper 55
White-winged Scoter 14

Total

5411


2004 Banding Summary

A total of 3,976 birds of 43 species were banded.

Species

Number banded

American Black Oystercatcher 1
Black-capped Chickadee 312
Black Brant 7
Black-legged Kittiwake 418
Black Scoter 36
Boreal Chickadee 50
Cackling Goose 433
Canada Goose 389
Common Eider 284
Common Goldeneye 12
Common Merganser 41
Common Murre 59
Common Redpoll 3
Common Snipe 2
Crested Auklet 38
Downy Woodpecker 1
Dunlin 70
Emperor Goose 351
Greater White-fronted Goose 13
Glaucous-winged Gull 3
Harlequin Duck 32
Horned Puffin 20
Kittlitz's Murrelet 20
Long-billed Dowitcher 11
Least Auklet 125
Long-tailed Duck 438
Northern Fulmar 119
Parakeet Auklet 73
Pelagic Cormorant 85
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 14
Rhinoceros Auklet 29
Red-legged Kittiwake 98
Rock Sandpiper 5
Sanderling 1
Slate-colored Junco 4
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 80
Spectacled Eider 151
Steller's Eider 26
Thick-billed Murre 84
Tufted Puffin 28
Western Sandpiper 2
White-winged Scoter 7

Total

3976


2003 Banding Summary

A total of 3,779 birds of 38 species were banded.

Species

Number banded

Barrow's Goldeneye 1
Black-capped Chickadee 655
Black-legged Kittiwake 790
Black Scoter 33
Boreal Chickadee 64
Bristle-thighed Curlew 3
Cackling Goose 23
Canada Goose 586
Common Eider 66
Common Murre 52
Crested Auklet 53
Emperor Goose 205
Greater White-fronted Goose 8
Glaucous-winged Gull 56
Harlequin Duck 141
King Eider 2
Least Auklet 103
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Long-tailed Duck 26
Northern Fulmar 100
Parakeet Auklet 33
Pelagic Cormorant 280
Pine Siskin 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 59
Rhinoceros Auklet 28
Red-legged Kittiwake 76
Rock Sandpiper 20
Red-throated Loon 7
Spectacled Eider 26
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Steller's Eider 68
Thick-billed Murre 129
Tufted Puffin 29
Whiskered Auklet 8
Whistling Swan 4
Wilson's Warbler 1
White-winged Scoter 39

Total

3779


2002 Banding Summary

A total of 4,327 birds of 32 species were banded.

Species

Number banded

American Black Oystercatcher 19
Black-capped Chickadee 918
Black-legged Kittiwake 536
Black Scoter 20
Boreal Chickadee 97
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper 18
Cackling Goose 421
Canada Goose 413
Common Eider 128
Common Redpoll 86
Emperor Goose 175
Greater Scaup 3
Greater White-fronted Goose 13
Glaucous-winged Gull 68
Harlequin Duck 141
King Eider 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Long-tailed Duck 576
Northern Fulmar 148
Other Hybrid Goose 4
Pacific Loon 1
Pelagic Cormorant 90
Pine Siskin 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 116
Rhinoceros Auklet 33
Rock Sandpiper 3
Red-throated Loon 7
Spectacled Eider 219
Steller's Eider 26
Tufted Puffin 33
White-winged Scoter 9
Yellow-billed Loon 2

Total

4327


2001 Banding Summary

A total of 2,944 birds of 25 species were banded.

Species

Number banded

Black-billed Magpie 1
Black-capped Chickadee 642
Black-legged Kittiwake 406
Black Scoter 29
Boreal Chickadee 104
Bufflehead Duck 3
Cackling Canada Goose 292
Canada Goose 507
Common Eider 56
Common Merganser 2
Common Murre 56
Common Redpoll 2
Emperor Goose 16
Glaucous-winged Gull 91
Harlequin Duck 237
Long-tailed Duck 264
Northern Fulmar 18
Pelagic Cormorant 61
Red-breasted Nuthatch 38
Rhinoceros Auklet 22
Red-throated Loon 14
Spectacled Eider 8
Steller's Eider 40
Tufted Puffin 26
Whistling Swan 1
White-winged Scoter 8

Total

2944


2000 Banding Summary

A total of 3,135 birds of 24 species were banded

Species

Number banded

Black-capped Chickadee 352
Black-legged Kittiwake 469
Boreal Chickadee 123
Cackling Canada Goose 386
Canada Goose 217
Common Eider 154
Common Murre 123
Common Redpoll 1
Emperor Goose 35
Fox Sparrow 1
Greater Scaup 43
Greater White-fronted Goose 36
Glaucous-winged Gull 242
Harlequin Duck 229
Hermit Thrush 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Oldsquaw 297
Pelagic Cormorant 37
Red-breasted Nuthatch 102
Rhinoceros Auklet 31
Red-throated Loon
39
Spectacled Eider 212
Tufted Puffin 2
Whistling Swan 2

Total

3135


1999 Banding Summary

A total of 2,737 birds of 48 species were banded.

Species

Number banded

 

Species

Number banded

Alder Flycatcher  30   Lincoln's Sparrow 9
American Golden-Plover 9   Myrtle Warbler   11
American Robin 2   Northern Waterthrush 2
Barrow's Goldeneye 2   Orange-crowned Warbler 16
Baird's Sandpiper 9   Oldsquaw 523
Black-billed Magpie 1   Pelagic Cormorant 7
Black-capped Chickadee 70   Pine Siskin 2
Black-legged Kittiwake 404   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Boreal Chickadee 3   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11
Brown Creeper 3   Rhinoceros Auklet 32
Cackling Canada Goose 633   Red-throated Loon 10
Canada Goose 46   Short-billed Dowitcher 11
Common Eider 23   Slate-colored Junco 26
Common Murre 168   Semipalmated Plover 2
Common Redpoll 7   Spectacled Eider 214
Downy Woodpecker 2   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Emperor Goose 163   Surfbird 40
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5   Swainson's Thrush 21
Greater Scaup 29   Townsend's Warbler  14
Greater White-fronted Goose 8   Three-toed Woodpecker 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 41   Tufted Puffin  30
Hermit Thrush 19   Wandering Tattler 14
Least Sandpiper 8   Wilson's Warbler 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 46   White-winged Crossbill 1
     

Total

2737

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America logo USA.gov logo U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/banding/annual_summaries.php
Page Contact Information: ascweb@usgs.gov
Page Last Modified: December 11 2012 16:33:44.