Wednesday, November 2, 2016

November 2, 2016

Captain Sam's

It was a pretty slow morning out at Captain Sam's with only 52 total birds captured. Like Little Bear a few days ago, we had more recaptures than new birds, with 22 new birds and 30 recaptures. We did have 11 recaptures that were banded in previous years. This included a Gray Catbird, a Swamp Sparrow, 8 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and a Hermit Thrush that was banded in 2012 that we've been catching over the past week. We also had a surprise near one of our nets as we came across a Corn Snake eating a rat!

-Michael Gamble

Corn Snake eating a rat


Little Bear
Today was a lot busier than yesterday with 63 new birds, 24 recaptures with 12 species. We got as many species today as birds yesterday and about as many birds today as the last few days combined. We had one net run with 33 Yellow-rumped Warblers! Hopefully we will start to pick up as we head into the weekend.


 SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Downy Woodpecker
-
-
-
1
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
-
House Wren
-
1
-
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
-
-
1
-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1
1
-
-
Hermit Thrush
-
3
-
-
Gray Catbird
2
8
7
18
Northern Mockingbird
-
1
1
-
Orange-crowned Warbler
1
-
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
2
-
2
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
-
-
1
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
16
10
42
1
Eastern Towhee
-
1
-
-
Song Sparrow
-
-
2
1
Swamp Sparrow
-
3
6
-
Northern Cardinal
-
1
1
1
Painted Bunting
-
-
-
1




 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
22
63
85
# of Recaptures
30
24
54
# of Species
12
12
18
Effort (net-hours)
137.80
90.0
227.80
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
37.74
96.6
61.0
# 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)
Nancy Raginski (CS)