Friday, September 30, 2016

3rd Bell's Vireo of the Season!

Captain Sam's 
Today at Captain Sam’s we had 26 new birds and 11 recaptures of 16 species.  Much to our disappointment, the strong cold front that was due to arrive this weekend has dissipated.  Whatever is left of the cold front will move through tonight and possibly sparking a small flurry of migration tonight.
- Mattie
     
Little Bear
We did not have much migratory activity out at Little Bear this morning with 44 new birds and 21 recaptures of 17 species. We did have a surprise on our first net run as I walked up on a 4-5' alligator on the path to one of our nets. This is most likely the same one Aaron saw out there early in the summer, and the flooding must have brought him back into our station. Even though it posed no threat, it was thankfully gone by our second net run. We didn't get another surprise until our closing net run when I walked up to one of the nets and found a Bell's Vireo! I don't know if this would be considered a surprise anymore as this is the 3rd Bell's Vireo we've caught this season (2 being caught at Captain Sam's), and the first Bell's Vireo caught at Little Bear. It has been a very successful year for vireos at the site as we have already caught 96 Red-eyed Vireos, 70 White-eyed Vireos, 2 Warbling Vireos, a Yellow-green Vireo, and now a Bell's Vireo. What's next?!

-Michael Gamble

Bell's Vireo (hatch-year, unknown sex)
 

  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
-
-
-
Downy Woodpecker
-
-
-
1
White-eyed Vireo
-
2
-
1
Bell's Vireo
-
-
1
-
Red-eyed Vireo
1
2
2
1
House Wren
2
1
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
2
Swainson's Thrush
1
-
-
-
Gray Catbird
6
1
8
6
Brown Thrasher
-
1
-
-
Northern Mockingbird
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
2
-
Common Yellowthroat
6
2
16
5
American Redstart
-
-
3
-
Cape May Warbler
-
-
1
-
Northern Parula
-
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
1
-
4
-
Western Palm Warbler
-
-
3
-
Eastern Towhee
1
-
-
1
Northern Cardinal
2
1
1
2
Indigo Bunting
1
-
-
-
Painted Bunting
2
1
1
2




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
26
44
70
# of Recaptures
11
21
32
# of Species
16
17
22
Effort (net-hours)
124.8
80.0
204.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
29.6
81.3
49.8
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Col Lauzau (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Michael Rodgers (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (LB)

Thursday, September 29, 2016

29 September 2016

Captain Sam's
I just got in from a deer spotlight survey.  It's late and I'm tired so I'm gonna make this brief. We had 32 new birds with 14 recaptured of 11 different species.  We are planning an in depth post on the identification of Empidonax flycatchers in the coming days, so stayed tuned.

-Aaron

Little Bear
At Little Bear today we had 43 new birds and 24 recaptures of 18 different species, with a highlight of the station's first Eastern Kingbird of the season. While Eastern Kingbirds are a common breeding resident in South Carolina and a very common migrant, they are not captured often due to their tendencies to fly high and frequent open areas. Whenever we've seen them within the station area they've been perched up on the tops of trees.

Eastern Kingbird (Hatch-year, sex unknown). (Photo by Airman 1st Class Sean Carnes, 1st Combat Camera Squadron; Joint Base Charleston)

We also had the benefit today of hosting a visiting photojournalist who was shooting a feature on the banding project. The above photo of the kingbird is one of a little over a thousand photos he took of the crew at work. We look forward to seeing the finished result in a few days!

--Blaine

  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
"Traill's" Flycatcher
2
-
2
-
Eastern Kingbird
-
-
1
-
White-eyed Vireo
1
3
-
3
Red-eyed Vireo
6
1
2
1
Carolina Chickadee
-
-
-
1
House Wren
3
-
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
1
Veery
1
-
-
-
Gray Catbird
3
4
5
4
Brown Thrasher
-
-
-
1
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
2
-
Northern Waterthrush
-
1
1
2
Common Yellowthroat
13
1
11
5
Yellow Warbler
-
-
9
1
Palm Warbler (Western)
-
-
5
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
2
2
1
1
Indigo Bunting
-
-
1
-
Painted Bunting
-
2
1
3




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
32
43
75
# of Recaptures
14
23
37
# of Species
11
18
19
Effort (net-hours)
117.0
80.0
197.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
39.3
82.5
56.9
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Alison Nevins (CS)
Col Lauzau (CS)
Michael Rodgers (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Captain Sam's
Captain Sam's experienced yet another slow day with 17 new birds banded along with 11 recaptures. One species that stood out from the Common Yellowthroats and Gray Catbirds today was the Swainson's Thrush. Similar in appearance to the Hermit Thrush, the Swainson's Thrush is a medium sized thrush that is typified by its upward spiraling call. During fall migration this thrush can be seen across the country, mainly feeding on berries as it makes it's way as far south as Argentina. Another bird of note that was captured today was a recaptured male Northern Cardinal. This bird is interesting  because it had been captured and banded as a hatch-year on 9/12/2011. He has since been captured 12 times. The oldest cardinal on record is 15 years and 9 months. We hope to see our Cardinal in the future.

-Ryan Donnelly


Little Bear
It was a slower day at Little Bear this morning with 42 new birds and 6 recaptures of 19 species. It was still a pretty good morning numbers wise considering we had to close early again due to heat. Gray Catbirds just beat out Common Yellowthroats as the most caught species. We caught another Yellow-billed Cuckoo and several more Yellow Warblers. Unlike Captain Sam's, Little Bear has been catching a considerable amount of Yellow Warblers lately. We had another 11 the other day, giving us a total of 37 Yellow Warblers for the season so far compared to only 22 at Captain Sam's. It looked like a cold front would arrive Thursday night, leading us to believe we'd be really busy with birds Friday morning but now, the front doesn't look as promising. We'll probably get a push of birds but not in the numbers we were hoping for but maybe that will change.

-Michael Gamble



  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
-
-
1
-
White-eyed Vireo
-
2
-
1
Red-eyed Vireo
4
-
1
1
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
1
-
House Wren
1
-
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
-
Swainson's Thrush
2
-
1
-
Gray Catbird
1
3
9
2
Brown Thrasher
-
1
1
-
Northern Waterthrush
-
-
-
1
Common Yellowthroat
6
1
10
-
American Redstart
2
-
1
-
Magnolia Warbler
-
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
-
-
4
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
-
-
1
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
1
-
1
-
Prairie Warbler
-
-
2
-
Yellow-breasted Chat
-
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
-
1
1
1
Painted Bunting
-
1
5
-




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
17
42
59
# of Recaptures
11
6
17
# of Species
13
19
20
Effort (net-hours)
136.9
60.0
196.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
20.5
80.0
38.6
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (LB)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Col Lauzau (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

A very unexpected first state record - Yellow-Green Vireo

Little Bear

Normally the daily post for Captain Sam’s comes before the one for Little Bear. It’s the longer-running, more-established station, and it has more nets and often more crew members. Today, however, the Little Bear post is leading the entry because of what we captured out there this morning.

The photo below is the first South Carolina record of Yellow-Green Vireo (if accepted by the South Carolina Bird Record Committee).

Yellow-green Vireo (hatch-year, unknown sex)


In addition to being a wholly unexpected vagrant, this bird has a story behind it too.

First, I have been banding birds for 8 years now, and in those 8 years I have been fortunate enough to spend about one-third of my time working on projects in Central and South America. Yellow-green Vireo is not an unfamiliar species to me, and in fact I have gotten very annoyed with them for being so abundant when they pass through northwest Costa Rica in early March because 10 or 20 of them singing all at once drowns out the sounds of other species. I have captured and banded them in both Costa Rica and on their wintering grounds in eastern Peru.

Back on Thursday, about midway through the morning, Ryan Donnelly and I were checking the nets together. At net 2 we came across a very brightly colored vireo. Once we had brought the bird back to the banding station and started processing it, I started wondering if it was too bright to be a Red-eyed Vireo. It seemed absolutely absurd that a Yellow-green Vireo might be in coastal South Carolina, but the bird was very, very yellow.

I asked Ryan to hand the bird to me and I started taking additional measurements. Yellow-green Vireo has a longer bill than Red-eyed Vireo, most evident in the measurement known as “exposed culmen”. This bird’s exposed culmen was 15.2 millimeters—about a millimeter and a half longer than the maximum for Red-eyed Vireos. Although this may not seem like much, a millimeter difference in a bill measurement is enough to separate several species of Empidonax flycatchers in hand.

At this point I started getting excited and measured the difference in length between the bird’s 9th primary and 5th primary. There is very little overlap in this measurement between the two species—Red-eyed Vireo has a range of 4-8 millimeters and Yellow-green Vireo has a range of 1-5 millimeters. The measurement I got for this bird was 7mm.

Disappointed, we chalked up the coloration and the odd bill measurement to the bird being a hatch-year bird that might have eaten something that affected its pigmentation, much like how Cedar Waxwings and other frugivores with yellow plumage can eat certain berries that change their yellow areas to orange or red. We put the bird down on the data sheet as a Red-eyed Vireo and released it without taking any photos.

About three minutes later I realized that, unlike most other vireos, Red-eyed and Yellow-green Vireos have only 9 primary feathers instead of 10. I had measured the wrong feathers!

Roughly an hour after that, while checking the nets again, I saw the potential Yellow-green Vireo perched on a branch directly over net 1, preening. Despite my best efforts, I was not able to flush it into the net. It flew back into the brush somewhere, scolding me the entire time.

Several agonizing days followed. I was haunted by knowing that I had potentially had a first state record in my hand, dismissed it as something ordinary (despite being very familiar with the species) because of how unexpected it seemed to be, and then let it go. We held out some hope that the bird wasn’t going to leave for a few days—the winds were unfavorable for migrants to take off and the bird had had very little in the way of fat deposits—but with each passing day our hopes for recapturing it diminished.

This morning changed all of that.

While checking the nets at 10:25, I rounded the corner next to net 16 and saw an extremely bright yellow vireo in the middle of the net. It was already banded. The band had the number that was burned into my brain from 5 days earlier!

This time I did all the measurements correctly. Exposed culmen of 15.2mm, p9-p5 of 2mm. A definite Yellow-green Vireo!

We took many photos of the bird and of when I measured the bird. In addition to photos of only the Yellow-green Vireo, we took photos of it alongside a Red-eyed Vireo of the same age that we captured at the same time.

Yellow-green Vireo (hatch-year, unknown sex) and Red-eyed Vireo (hatch-year, unknown sex)
Outshined by all of this are all the other birds we caught today at Little Bear. We had 40 new birds and 22 recaptures representing 21 different species. Other highlights include a Nashville Warbler and our second Warbling Vireo of the season.

Warbling Vireo (hatch-year, unknown sex). Note how the outermost primary feather extends beyond the primary covert feathers. This feather is either absent or shorter than the primary coverts in the similar Philadelphia Vireo. This bird also has a slight bill deformity.


--Blaine
 


Captain Sam's 

The excitement level at Little Bear was unfortunately not carried over to Captain Sam's this morning. Due to early morning showers the station was not able to get the nets open until around 8 AM. Despite catching a Red-eyed Vireo before we were finished getting the nets open, the morning was quite slow. We banded 12 new birds and had 7 recaps. Fortunately for us the slow numbers day gave us a chance to get some of the holes in the nets repaired before this weekend. We're hoping for some bigger numbers as a front pushes through over the weekend.


-Collette

SpeciesCaptain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
Downy Woodpecker
-
-
1
-
Common Ground-Dove
-
-
-
1
"Traill's" Flycatcher
-
-
-
1
White-eyed Vireo
1
1
1
4
Warbling Vireo
-
-
1
-
Red-eyed Vireo
1
-
4
-
Yellow-green Vireo
-
-
-
1
Carolina Chickadee
-
-
-
1
House Wren
1
-
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
-
-
1
-
Gray Catbird
7
-
8
6
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
-
1
Northern Waterthrush
-
1
5
2
Nashville Warbler
-
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
2
-
10
1
American Redstart
-
-
2
-
Yellow Warbler
-
-
3
-
Prairie Warbler
-
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
-
2
1
-
Painted Bunting
-
2
-
2




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
12
40
52
# of Recaptures
7
21
28
# of Species
8
21
21
Effort (net-hours)
109.2
80.0
189.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
17.4
76.3
42.3
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Col Lauzau (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Michael Rodgers (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)

Monday, September 26, 2016

September 26, 2016

Captain Sam's 
Things have slowed down even further at Captain Sam’s with only 32 new birds and 13 recaptures today.  The next few days will likely be similar to today but a change is in the forecast for later this week.  A cold front is heading our way and is due to arrive on Thursday, which may mean we are in store for another busy weekend.   

-Mattie
 
Little Bear
Today we were a little busier than yesterday with 94 birds total, 60 new and 34 recaptures and 17 species. It was a lot cooler today and there was more cloud cover which may have contributed to our higher count of birds. Gray Catbirds were still our number one catch with Common Yellowthroats close behind but our third highest catch was Yellow Warblers.


  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
White-eyed Vireo
1
5
2
4
Red-eyed Vireo
3
1
8
2
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
-
House Wren
3
1
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
2
-
1
Veery
-
-
2
-
Gray Catbird
5
2
15
10
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
2
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
-
3
Common Yellowthroat
15
-
8
6
American Redstart
1
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
-
-
11
1
Black-throated Blue Warbler
1
-
1
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
-
-
1
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
2
-
Yellow-breasted Chat
-
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
-
1
-
3
Indigo Bunting
1
-
-
-
Painted Bunting
-
-
5
4




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
32
60
92
# of Recaptures
13
34
47
# of Species
13
17
19
Effort (net-hours)
145.6
108.0
253.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
30.9
87.0
54.8
# of Nets
26
18
24

Banding Staff
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Col Lauzau (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Michael Rodgers (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)

Sunday, September 25, 2016

FOS: Eastern Wood-Pewee and Scarlet Tanager

Captain Sam's 
It slowed down a lot at Captain Sam's this morning with 66 new birds and 12 recaptures of 18 species. We lost our northwesterly winds, which explains the drop in numbers this morning. Gray Catbirds beat out Common Yellowthroats by one bird, which is a sign the catbirds are starting to move through in bigger numbers. We'll start to get hundreds more as the season progresses. On our first net round, we caught another Eastern Screech-Owl. We also had two first-of-the seasons between both sites, an Eastern Wood-Pewee and a Scarlet Tanager.

-Michael Gamble

Scarlet Tanager (hatch year, male)


  Little Bear
Little Bear was much slower this morning as well. We had 61 new birds and 15 recaptures of 14 species. Gray Catbirds were by far the most common bird of the day, with 30 new individuals, almost double the number of Common Yellowthroats.

This also might be the first day of the season where we did not catch a Prairie Warbler. As of right now we have banded 105 Prairie Warblers at Little Bear this season, over 60 more than were caught last year. It is likely that we've had so many more this year due to opening the station a few weeks earlier, as this species is one of the earliest warblers to migrate.

--Blaine

  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
Eastern Screech-Owl
1
-
-
-
Eastern Wood-Pewee
1
-
-
-
White-eyed Vireo
1
4
4
-
Red-eyed Vireo
5
2
5
1
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
-
Tufted Titmouse
-
-
-
1
House Wren
1
1
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
1
Veery
1
-
-
-
Swainson's Thrush
4
-
-
1
Gray Catbird
20
1
30
2
Brown Thrasher
-
1
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
-
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
19
1
17
5
American Redstart
2
-
1
-
Cape May Warbler
-
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
1
-
-
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
7
-
-
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
-
-
Eastern Towhee
1
-
1
-
Scarlet Tanager
1
-
-
-
Northern Cardinal
-
1
-
1
Painted Bunting
-
-
-
2




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
66
61
127
# of Recaptures
12
14
26
# of Species
18
14
23
Effort (net-hours)
132.6
70.0
202.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
58.8
107.1
75.5
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Col Lauzau (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Michael Rodgers (CS)

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Big Day

Captain Sam's

Today seemed to have promise from the start. As we were walking out to the site this morning we could hear a bunch of birds making flight calls. We were hoping that we were not going to get slammed because there was only three of us. Half way through the first net run our fourth person decided to come out and help us as the radar from the night before looked good. It was a good thing too, because we caught 113 birds in our first net run! In the end it turned out to be the best day of the season for Captain Sam's thus far. We banded 255 birds of which; 159 were Common Yellowthroats, and caught 18 recaps bringing the total to 273 birds of 25 different species.
Just a snapshot of what we had this morning (this was after about half  of the birds from the first net round were processed).


Little Bear
When we arrived at Little Bear this morning we could hear quite a few flight calls from birds passing overhead, and it seemed like we would be in for a busy morning (and only 3 of us were at the station today). The first check of the nets produced 24 birds and then the second had another 59. Things slowed down some after that but we were consistently bringing back between 10 and 20 more birds each time we went to check the nets. We ended the morning at 10:30 when the temperature out in the dunes got too warm to keep the nets open any longer. Although our total of 128 new birds and 9 recaptures doesn't seem like much compared to what they had at Captain Sam's, we stayed short-handed the whole time.

As I'm finishing up this post I've been looking at the radar, and the whole east coast is lit up with migrating birds. Tomorrow may be pretty good too.

--Blaine

  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
-
-
-
"Traill's" Flycatcher
2
-
1
-
White-eyed Vireo
20
6
19
-
Red-eyed Vireo
17
2
15
-
Carolina Chickadee
1
3
1
-
House Wren
1
-
-
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1
-
-
-
Veery
3
-
-
-
Swainson's Thrush
2
-
2
-
Gray Catbird
13
1
18
4
Brown Thrasher
4
-
-
-
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
1
-
Ovenbird
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
1
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
159
1
44
2
Hooded Warbler
1
-
1
-
American Redstart
4
1
2
-
Cape May Warbler
-
-
1
-
Northern Parula
2
-
-
-
Magnolia Warbler
2
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
-
-
3
-
Chestnut-sided Warbler
1
-
-
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
10
-
5
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
1
-
5
-
Prairie Warbler
3
-
3
-
Eastern Towhee
-
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
-
2
1
-
Indigo Bunting
1
-
1
-
Painted Bunting
4
1
2
-
Baltimore Oriole
-
-
-
1




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
255
128
383
# of Recaptures
18
9
27
# of Species
25
20
31
Effort (net-hours)
175.0
76.7
251.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
156.0
178.7
162.9
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Col Lauzau (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Michael Rodgers (CS)

Friday, September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016

Captain Sam's

It was a bit slower today at Captain Sam’s with 53 new birds and 16 recaptures, comprised of 22 species.  The slowed activity today gave us the opportunity to do some net repair and maintenance.  The mist nets we use are made of a fine nylon mesh that stretch about 12 meters and stand about 2.5 meters tall.  The mist nets at KIBS have a life span of about 2-3 fall banding seasons.   After about 2-3 seasons of being exposed to the elements, the mesh of the net can become brittle and can break when minimal force is applied.  Every season, we usually have to replace a net or two that had the misfortune of a deer encounter.  Small holes and tears in the net are most commonly caused by banders.  The net can get hung up on zippers and buttons and if it goes unnoticed, it can put a rip in the net.  Each net cost about a hundred dollars to replace, so we will always try to repair a net before we replace it. 

-Mattie        

Little Bear


It was a bit busier at Little Bear with 83 new birds and 19 recaptures of 22 different species.  Common Yellowthroats and Red-eyed Vireos kept us busy for most of the morning.  We also banded several “Traill’s” Flycatcher, one of which we were able to key out as an Alder Flycatcher.  For each of the “Traill’s” Flycatchers we catch, we take a series of measurements to see if we can determine if it’s a Willow or Alder Flycatcher.  More often than not, it seems these measurements do not lead to a specific species and we are left with “Traill’s” Flycatcher.  Though it is always rewarding when the measurements do pan out and the species is identified.      


  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
Common Ground-Dove
2
-
-
-
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
-
-
-
Acadian Flycatcher
1
-
-
-
Alder Flycatcher
-
-
1
-
"Traill's" Flycatcher
-
-
3
-
White-eyed Vireo
-
5
5
1
Red-eyed Vireo
8
-
14
-
Carolina Chickadee

1
1
-
Tufted Titmouse
-
-
-
1
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
-
-
1
-
Veery
1
-
1
-
Swainson's Thrush
1
-
-
-
Gray Catbird
3
-
2
4
Brown Thrasher
1
-
1
-
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
1
-
Ovenbird
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
2
-
-
3
Common Yellowthroat
20
2
29
3
American Redstart
3
1
3
-
Yellow Warbler
2
-
4
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
1
-
6
-
Prairie Warbler
3
1
6
1
Yellow-breasted Chat
1
-
1
-
Eastern Towhee
-
1
-
-
Northern Cardinal
-
3
1
2
Painted Bunting
2
1
2
3
Baltimore Oriole
-
-
2
-




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
53
83
136
# of Recaptures
16
19
35
# of Species
22
22
28
Effort (net-hours)
149.5
120
269.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
46.2
85.0
63.5
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Michael Rodgers (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (LB)