Big Bald Banding Totals

In the period 1998-2005, the top 20 banded neotropical species on Big Bald accounted for 10,714 individuals (97.7%) of the total neotropical birds banded. All top 20 species were banded in each year of the 8-year period. The Tennessee Warbler accounted for 54.9% of the total top 20 neotropicals banded and was the most banded species 7 out of 8 years. Of the top 20 banded neotropical species, 14 species were warblers, 3 species thrushes, 2 species vireos, and 1 species grosbeak.

Year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	TOTAL
Tennessee Warbler	675	436	633	538	1,656	1,240	120	580	5,878
Black-throated Blue Warbler	193	62	148	131	135	253	158	190	1,270
Swainson's Thrush	43	65	73	144	80	203	120	332	1.060
Cape May Warbler	103	14	19	4	71	117	7	52	387
Magnolia Warbler	33	47	48	34	49	23	15	22	271
Ovenbird	18	29	36	31	22	23	42	61	262
Bay-breasted Warbler	37	7	24	23	16	37	18	81	243
Blue-headed Vireo	34	10	33	44	18	16	37	32	224
American Redstart	14	13	15	23	9	32	39	9	154
Blackburnian Warbler	8	6	16	12	29	26	5	17	119
Chestnut-sided Warbler	13	10	21	17	22	7	16	8	114
Black-and-white Warbler	14	15	15	10	22	8	14	11	109
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	4	6	12	13	3	12	29	30	109
Western Palm Warbler	55	4	5	1	7	7	3	16	98
Red-eyed Vireo	8	7	8	11	6	6	17	12	75
Black-throated Green Warbler	4	5	17	5	12	11	5	12	71
Hooded Warbler	11	2	4	7	4	4	11	14	57
Veery	7	1	4	3	3	9	9	18	54
Wood Thrush	--	2	2	5	3	2	8	32	54
Nashville Warbler	13	6	4	3	3	5	3	8	45
TOTALS 1998-2005	1,289	746	1,136	1,057	2,168	2,056	725	1,537	10,714