Friday, August 26, 2016

August 26, 2016

Captain Sam's 
Today was the slowest day of the season thus far, with 3 new birds and 3 recaptures for a grand total of 6 birds all morning.  With no major changes in the weather pattern forecasted, we are likely to see similar numbers over the next few days. 

-Mattie

Little Bear
Although not as slow as Captain Sam's, it was still a slow and hot morning at Little Bear, with 9 new birds, 5 recaptures, and a temperature of 90 degrees by 9:50 AM.

We did have a nice comparison of hatch-year versus after hatch-year White-eyed Vireos. While older individuals of this species have a white iris that perfectly fits their name, juveniles hatch with a muddy gray or brown iris that slowly changes to white over the first several months of their life. By mid-winter this hatch-year bird should have a similarly white eye.

-Blaine

White-eyed Vireo (After hatch-year, sex unknown)
White-eyed Vireo (Hatch-year, sex unknown)


  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
White-eyed Vireo
-
-
2
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
2
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
3
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
1
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
-
-
Prairie Warbler
-
-
2
-
Northern Cardinal
1
1
-
1
Painted Bunting
1
-
3
1




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
3
9
12
# of Recaptures
3
5
8
# of Species
4
7
8
Effort (net-hours)
93.75
56.00
149.75
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
6.4
25.0
13.4
Nets
25
16
41

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