November 15, 2016

Captain Sam's 

We had a slightly busier morning at Captain Sam’s with 35 new birds and 15 recaptures, comprised of 14 species.  The biggest surprise of the morning was a late Nashville Warbler.   Nashville Warblers breed in the southern forest of Canada and winter in northern Central America.  A different pattern of migration has been observed between age groups of Nashville Warbler.  During the fall migration, adults tend to migrate along an inland route.  On the other hand, younger birds take a more coastal route and use the Atlantic coast to navigate their way south.  The bird we banded today was, as you would expect considering our coastal location, a hatch-year bird.  

-Mattie          

Little Bear 
Little Bear was more exciting today. We had 42 new birds and six recaptures. Our first run of the morning brought in six birds of five different species. We ended the day with a total of 12 species. We were excited to see a Blue-headed Vireo today which was only the third out at Little Bear this season. Our station has had a total of six species of Vireo this year including: Blue-headed Vireo, Bell's Vireo, Yellow-Green Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, and Warbling Vireo.

-Col

Blue-headed Vireo

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	1	-	-	-
Eastern Phoebe	2	-	3	-
Blue-headed Vireo	1	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
House Wren	-	1	1	-
Golden-crowned Kinglet	2	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	4	-	6	-
Hermit Thrush	2	1	-	-
American Robin	1	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	1	2	5
Northern Mockingbird	-	1	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	1	1	-
Nashville Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	-	-	1	-
Palm Warbler	-	-	5	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler	20	7	19	-
Song Sparrow	-	-	1	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	1	1	1
Painted Bunting	-	-	1	-

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	35	42	77
# of Recaptures	15	6	21
# of Species	14	12	19
Effort (net-hours)	150.8	120	270.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	33.2	40.8	36.2
# 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)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)