Painted Buntings Keep It Up

Despite being another slow day at Captain Sam's we had some good birds, the butterflies were abundant, and some flowers were blooming. We captured 8 species total, including 10 newly banded and 5 recaptured individuals. Hatch-year painted buntings have been plentiful, so it seems they had a successful breeding year. We caught another gorgeous Yellow Warbler and Danaé got to band her first Blue-gray Gnatcatcher! The new crew is comfortable navigating the site now and we will start banding at Little Bear tomorrow.

Meredith

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Great Crested Flycatcher	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	2	-	-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	2	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	-	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	5	1	-

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	10	-	10
# of Recaptures	5	-	5
# of Species	8	-	8
Effort (net-hours)	131.6	-	131.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	11.4	-	11.4
# of Nets	28	-	28

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (CS)

Kristin Attinger (CS)

Meredith Heather (CS)

Danaé Mouton (CS)