Saturday, November 15, 2014

November 15, 2014

Due to the very cold temperatures this morning, we did not open the nets until after 9am. Today was a slow day with only six new birds and fifteen recaptures. We hope that the low numbers are due to the low temperature and winds that we experienced today and that we will continue to have more productive days for the rest of the month.

NEW BIRDS
2 Gray Catbird
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow

RECAPTURES
1 Carolina Chickadee
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
3 Swamp Sparrow

BANDING STATS
# of New Birds:  6
# of Recaptures:  15
# of Species:  10
Effort:  69.0 net-hours
Capture Rate:  30.4 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  23

BANDING STAFF
Mattie VandenBoom
Libby Natola
William Oakley
Matt Zak