Tuesday, September 9, 2014

September 9th 2014

Today was more productive day of banding. The weather finally cleared up and we were able to start on time today. Even though it didn't rain today, many of the trails were still flooded and very muddy. We processed a total of 25 birds, with the majority of them being new.

NEW BIRDS
4 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Northern Mockingbird
2 Ovenbird
2 Northern Waterthrush
1 Black-and-White Warbler
6 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Parula
1 American Redstart
2 Prairie Warbler
1 Painted Bunting 

RECAPTURES
1 Northern Cardinal
3 Painted Bunting

BANDING STATS
# of New Birds:  21
# of Recaptures:  4
# of Species:  11
Effort:  120.0 net-hours
Capture Rate:  20.8 birds/100 net-hours

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