Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Unsettled Weather


Captain Sam's


It was a slow day at Captain Sam's. A surprise downpour caused us to close all nets for a while and the threat of more showers and wind had us closing early for the day. We ended up with just a handful of birds: 4 new and 5 recaptures.


-Hannah


Little Bear


Wind and random popup showers did not make for an ideal day of banding at Little Bear.  Working around the wind and the rain, we managed to catch 13 new birds and 4 recaptures.  These less than ideal conditions were brought on by the leading edge of the first cold front of the season.  As the current forecast stands, it looks like we should see our first big push of migrants on either Thursday or Friday.
      

-Mattie

  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
"Traill's" Flycatcher
-
-
3
-
Red-eyed Vireo
1
-
2
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
2
Ovenbird
-
1
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
2
-
Common Yellowthroat
-
1
3
-
Prairie Warbler
2
-
2
-
Northern Cardinal
-
2
-
1
Painted Bunting
-
1
1
-




 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
4
13
17
# of Recaptures
5
4
9
# of Species
6
8
9
Effort (net-hours)
61.6
67.5
129.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
14.6
25.2
20.1
# of Nets
26
20
46


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