Saturday, October 21, 2017

October 21, 2017

Captain Sam's
It was a better morning out at Captain Sam's with 31 new birds and 16 recaptures of 13 species. We have been catching a good many House Wrens and had another 7 today. We also caught a late Northern Waterthrush and another new Common Ground-Dove, which is always nice since we do not get many out there anymore. We also caught a couple birds that were banded in previous years. We caught a Gray Catbird banded as an after-hatch-year on November 4, 2012, which means it is at least 7 years old! It was recaptured twice in fall 2013 and once in fall 2016. We also caught a Swamp Sparrow banded as a second-year on February 1, 2015, making it 4 years old this year. It was recaptured once in winter 2015, 3 times in fall 2015, and 6 times in fall 2016.

-Michael


Little Bear 
It was slow morning at Little Bear with 23 new birds and 11 recaptures, comprised of 14 species.  Over the past few days, some of our winter residents have been showing up.  Today we recaptured a Swamp Sparrow that was originally banded on October 16th of last year and yesterday we had a Swamp Sparrow that was banded back in 2015.  We’re hoping to see another push of birds at the start of this coming week to give us a break from these slow days.   

-Mattie
 

  Species Captain Sam's Little Bear
New Recaps New Recaps
Common Ground-Dove
1
-
-
-
Downy Woodpecker
-
1
-
1
House Wren
7
-
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3
-
-
-
Gray Catbird
5
12
8
5
Northern Mockingbird
-
-
-
1
Song Sparrow
1
-
1
-
Swamp Sparrow
3
1
4
1
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
1
-
2
-
Northern Parula
-
-
1
-
Palm Warbler (western)
1
-
1
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
4
-
2
-
Prairie Warbler
-
-
2
-
Northern Cardinal
-
2
-
1
Painted Bunting
4
-
1
-



 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
31
23
54
# of Recaptures
16
11
27
# of Species
13
14
17
Effort (net-hours)
143.0
106.0
249.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
32.9
32.1
32.5
# 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)
Laura Marsh (CS)