22 August 2016

Captain Sam's

We had a fairly good morning at Captain Sam’s with 36 new birds and 4 recaptures, comprised of 15 species.  The overnight radar showed another pulse of migrants from the North Carolina coast.  As a result of that pulse, 80 percent of the birds banded were migrants.  Prairie Warblers, Red-eyed Vireos, and Northern Waterthrush were the most numerous species around the station.  We also had several first of the seasons including Downy Woodpecker, Ovenbird, Black and White Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat. 
-Mattie 

Black and White Warbler (after hatch-year, male)

 Little Bear

Today was the first day of banding this season at Little Bear and the site produced 55 new birds and 1 recapture, representing 15 species. Unlike Captain Sam's, almost half the birds were species that breed on Kiawah. Over the next few days the Northern Cardinals, Painted Buntings, Carolina Wrens, and other residents will start learning where the nets are and the number that gets captured will drop off.

-Blaine

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	1	-	-	-
"Traill's" Flycatcher	3	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	-	2	-
Red-eyed Vireo	5	-	9	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren	1	2	6	1
Brown Thrasher	-	-	2	-
Ovenbird	2	-	2	-
Northern Waterthrush	4	-	4	-
Black and White Warbler	2	-	-	-
Prothonotary Warbler	2	-	-	-
American Redstart	3	-	2	-
Common Yellowthroat	3	-	2	-
Yellow Warbler	2	-	2	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	6	-	7	-
Yellow-breasted Chat	-	1	-	-
Eastern Towhee	-	-	1	-
Northern Cardinal	2	-	9	-
Painted Bunting	-	-	6	-

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	36	56	92
# of Recaptures	4	1	5
# of Species	15	15	19
Effort (net-hours)	130.0	55	185.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	30.8	103.6	52.4
Nets	25	15	40

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (LB)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Michael Gamble (CS)