First Ever Rose-breasted Grosbeak!

Today was another good day at KIBS with a total of 70 new birds and 29 recaptures of 15 species. The surprise of the day came late in the morning when a Rose-breasted Grosbeak was captured.  Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are fairly rare on Kiawah Island during spring and fall migration.  This was the first Rose-breasted Grosbeak ever banded at KIBS!  Last fall, one was seen around the banding station but it eluded our nets.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (hatch year, male)

NEW BIRDS

1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1 Tufted Titmouse

1 White-eyed Vireo

1 Swainson's Thrush 

37 Gray Catbird 

10 Common Yellowthroat 

2 American Redstart

13 Palm Warbler (Western)

1 Northern Cardinal 

1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

8 Indigo Bunting

5 Painted Bunting

RECAPTURES

2 Common Ground-Dove 

2 White-eyed Vireo 

1 House Wren 

22 Gray Catbird 

1 Common Yellowthroat

1 Painted Bunting

BANDING STATS 

# of New Birds: 70 

# of Recaptures: 29 

# of Species: 15

Effort: 131.84 net-hours 

Capture Rate: 75.1 birds/100 net hours 

# of Nets: 23 

BANDING STAFF 

Aaron Given 

Mattie VandenBoom 

Matt Zak 

William Oakley 

Libby Natola