Friday, November 15, 2013

And then there were three . . .

It's still slow out there . . . We only banded 19 new birds and had 20 recaptures of 7 different species.  

Today was Josh and Claire's last day at the Kiawah Island Banding Station.  It was a pleasure to have them aboard this season!  They were an integral part of banding team and I wish them the best in their all of their future plans.     

-Aaron


Josh checking the fat on a Yellow-rumped Warbler

Claire posing a with Carolina Chickadee


NEW BIRDS
1 Carolina Chickadee
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
15 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow

RECAPTURES
8 Gray Catbird
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Northern Cardinal
1 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow

BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded:  19
# of Recaptures:  20
# of Species:  7
Effort:  99.5 net-hours
Capture Rate:  39.2 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  20