Kiawah Island Banding Station

Captain Sam's
Today was one of our less eventful days of bird banding. We were able to capture 15 new birds and 15 recaptures. The highlight of the day were the thousands of Tree Swallows migrating through the area. We are anticipating migration will pick up early next week as the next cold front moves through.

Happy Birding

-Paul



Little Bear
Another slow day at Little Bear despite overnight winds out of the north and east. Catbird number were much lower today than in past days and no one species over whelmed the charts today. One species of note was our only other capture of an Orange-crowned Warbler this season. These warblers tend have their orange crown concealed under other feather on their head. Male Orange-crowned Warblers only display their vibrant orange when chasing off other males from their territory. These green birds can are often seen gleaning bugs from leaves in mixed flocks during migration and throughout the winter. Their nondescript looks helps them to remain concealed when nesting on the ground among the dangers of nest predators.

Orange-crowned Warbler (Hatch-year, Sex Unknown) 

-Kristen 

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	1	-	-
Eastern Phoebe	-	-	1	-
Tufted Titmouse	-	-	1	-
House Wren	1	-	4	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	5	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	6	10	4	4
Song Sparrow	-	-	2	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	4	1
Ovenbird	1	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	-	1	2	-
American Redstart	-	1	-	-
Palm warbler (Western)	-	-	3	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	1	-	3	-
Prairie Warbler	-	1	2	-
Northern Cardinal	-	-	-	1
Painted Bunting	-	-	1	-

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	15	28	43
# of Recaptures	15	6	21
# of Species	10	13	23
Effort (net-hours)	132.6	104.0	236.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	22.6	32.7	27.0
# of Nets	26	20	46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given ()
Mattie VandenBoom ()
Michael Gamble ()
Kristen Oliver ()
Brandon Connare ()
Paul Carroll ()
Hannah Conley ()