Saturday, October 14, 2017

Another Swainson's Warbler!

Captain Sam's
It was a great day out at Captain Sam's with 169 new birds and 15 recaptures of 20 different species. We had a big push of Gray Catbirds this morning with 84 being banded. The only other species that came close to this total was the Common Yellowthroat with 40 being banded. We also caught 2 more Gray-cheeked Thrushes, but the highlight came on the first net run with another Swainsan's Warbler! This is the third Swainson's Warbler of the season and the second one banded at Captain Sam's this fall.

Swainson's Warbler (after-hatch-year, sex unknown)
-Michael

Little Bear
 
Migration is picking up again at Little Bear with 103 new birds banded and 7 birds recaptured this morning.  Gray Catbird season is in full swing with 69 of them being banded.  Mixed among the catbirds was our fourth Chestnut-sided Warbler of season and first-of-the-season Gray-cheeked Thrush.  We are continuing to see species that we consider early migrants and haven’t seen too many of the late season migrants that usually start showing up around this time.  It’s likely with our next big push of birds, we should start seeing some of the late season species such as Hermit Thrush, Swamp Sparrow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.    

-Mattie    


SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Common Ground-Dove
-
-
1
-
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
-
-
1
-
Eastern Phoebe
1
-
-
-
White-eyed Vireo
2
-
-
-
Red-eyed Vireo
1
-
-
-
Tufted Titmouse
-
-
2
-
House Wren
3
2
2
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1
-
-
-
Gray-cheeked Thrush
2
-
1
-
Swainson's Thrush
3
-
-
-
Gray Catbird 
84
12
69
4
Northern Mockingbird
1
-
-
-
Ovenbird
-
-
1
-
Black-and-white Warbler
1
-
-
-
Swainson's Warbler
1
-
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
40
1
15
-
Hooded Warbler
-
-
1
-
American Redstart
11
-
3
-
Northern Parula1---
Magnolia Warbler 1---
Chestnut-sided Warbler --1-
Black-throated Blue Warbler3---
Palm Warbler (Western)6-2-
Prairie Warbler2-2-
Indigo Bunting4---
Painted Bunting1-21



 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
169
103
272
# of Recaptures
15
7
22
# of Species
20
15
27
Effort (net-hours)
144.9
106.8
251.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
127.0
103.9
116.8
# of Nets
26
20
46


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