November 8th 2014

Today we banded 76 new bird, 11 recaptures and a total of 15 species. The majority of our birds were again Yellow-rumped Warblers, but we did catch 12 new Hermit Thrush. We also attempted to do some banding in the marsh between net rounds when the tides were high. We were able to catch one Swamp Sparrow and a Savannah Sparrow while managing to also fill our boots up with water. The fun birds for today would have to be the recapture of the brown creeper which is a favorite for Will and the new Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

NEW BIRDS
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1 Eastern Pheobe

2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

12 Hermit Thrush
6 Gray Catbird
1 Common Yellowthroat

38 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Song Sparrow

6 Swamp Sparrow

RECAPTURES
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

1 Brown Creeper

1 House Wren

1 Hermit Thrush

4 Gray Catbird

2 Northern Mockingbird

2 Northern Cardinal

BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded:  76
# of Recaptures:  11
# of Species:  15
Effort:  138.00 net-hours
Capture Rate:  63.0 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  23

BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given
Mattie VandenBoom
Matt Zak
Libby Natola
William Oakley