Thursday, November 27, 2014

Windy Thanksgiving

It was a windy start to this Thanksgiving Day and it just got windier as the morning went on forcing me to close the nets down early.  Just as well as I had dinner I needed to prepare.
 

NEW BIRDS
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Palm Warbler (Yellow)
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
3 White-throated Sparrow

RECAPTURES
1 Carolina Chickadee
1 Hermit Thrush
1 Gray Catbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Northern Cardinal

BANDING STATS
# of New Birds:  12
# of Recaptures:  8
# of Species:  10
Effort:  69.0 net-hours
Capture Rate:  29.0 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  21

BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given