Friday, September 29, 2017

FOS: Blackpoll Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler

Captain Sam's

Compared to yesterday, today almost felt slow, despite still catching 108 new birds and 19 recaptures. We had good numbers of our usual species (Common Yellowthroats, Gray Catbirds, and Red-eyed Vireos), while also seeing an increase in Swainson's Thrushes and Western Palm Warblers. The weather has continued to be unseasonably warm, so we're looking forward to some cooler temperatures in the coming week.

-Hannah


Little Bear

Even though we had to close around 10:00AM again due to heat, we still exceeded our totals from yesterday with 184 new birds and 4 recaptures of 25 species. It was an even better morning for warblers with 16 species being caught at Little Bear alone. This included first-of-the seasons' Blackpoll, Nashville, and Blackburnian Warbler. We also caught 3 Tennessee Warblers and a Black-throated Green Warbler, which were both caught at Captain Sam's yesterday but are new for the season for Little Bear. Common Yellowthroats just barely beat out Palm Warblers, but the total of 57 Palm Warblers this morning already puts us ahead of the total number of Palm Warblers caught at Little Bear last year!

Black-throated Green Warbler (hatch-year, male)


Blackburnian Warbler (hatch-year, female)


Tennessee Warbler (hatch-year, sex unknown)


Nashville Warbler (hatch-year, male)


Magnolia Warbler (after-hatch-year, male)
-Michael

  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
"Traill's" Flycatcher
1
-
-
-
Red-eyed Vireo
10
-
2
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
-
Tufted Titmouse
-
-
1
-
House wren
1
-
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
2
-
1
Veery
2
-
-
-
Swainson's Thrush
13
-
8
-
Gray Catbird
14
5
11
-
Brown Thrasher
-
1
1
-
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
1
-
Ovenbird
4
-
2
-
Northern Waterthrush
2
1
2
1
Black-and-white Warbler
1
-
-
-
Tennessee Warbler
1
-
3
-
Nashville Warbler
-
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
28
3
62
2
American Redstart
4
4
2
-
Cape May Warbler
-
-
4
-
 Northern Parula--1-
Magnolia Warbler1-1-
Blackburnian Warbler--1-
Yellow Warbler1-3-
Chestnut-sided Warbler1---
Blackpoll Warbler--1-
Black-throated blue Warbler5-11-
Palm Warbler (Western)16-57-
Prairie Warbler211-
Black-throated Green Warbler--1-
Indigo Bunting--2-
Painted Bunting-1--



 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
127
180
307
# of Recaptures
19
4
23
# of Species
22
25
31
Effort (net-hours)
114.4
76.0
190.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
111.0
242.1
173.3
# of Nets
26
20
46


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