Thursday, September 22, 2016

22 September 2016

CAPTAIN SAM'S
Bird activity slowed a little bit from the previous two days with 62 new birds and 16 recaptures of 15 different species.  We banded our first-of-the-season Yellow-billed Cuckoo, one day after Little Bear banded their first-of-the-season.  There seems to be a pattern emerging here.  For several species so far this season, Little Bear appears to be one or two days ahead of Captain Sam's.

-Aaron


LITTLE BEAR
Compared to last few days, today was a relatively slow day at Little Bear with 62 new birds, 26 recaptures and 20 different species. Common Yellow-throats again made up the majority of our catch.  Little Bear also Banded its first Black-throated Green Warbler for the season. If the pattern Aaron mentioned above holds true, Captain Sam's should see a Black-thoated Green Warbler show up in their nets soon.

-Ryan
Black-throated Green Warbler (Hatch-year, female)

-Ryan

 SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Common Ground-Dove
-
-
1
-
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
-
-
-
"Traill's" Flycatcher
-
-
1
-
White-eyed Vireo
5
2
4
1
Red-eyed Vireo
4
1
3
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
2
Tufted Titmouse
-
-
-
1
Carolina Wren
-
3
-
2
Gray Catbird
2
-
1
-
Brown Thrasher
-
1
-
-
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
-
1
Northern Waterthrush
2
-
-
5
Common Yellowthroat
37
3
36
8
American Redstart
6
-
2
-
Cape May Warbler
-
-
2
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
1
-
1
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
-
-
1
-
Prairie Warbler
2
-
6
-
Black-throated Green Warbler
-
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
-
1
-
5
Painted Bunting
1
3
2
1
Baltimore Oriole
1
1
1
-




 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
62
62
124
# of Recaptures
16
26
42
# of Species
15
20
22
Effort (net-hours)
145.6
120.0
265.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
53.6
73.3
62.5
# 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)
Ryan Donnelly (LB)