Friday, October 19, 2018

FOS Golden-crowned Kinglet

Captain Sam's

Lots of recaptured birds at Captain Sam's today-- 45 total (36 of which were Catbirds) along with 56 new birds banded for the day. We are still experiencing cooler temperatures, which allowed us to keep nets open longer and made the day much more pleasant for the banders. Sixteen species were banded, including a first-of-the-season for Captain Sam's: Swamp Sparrow! We caught two of these birds during the day, and Meredith was able to band them both since she had never banded a Swamp Sparrow before. New species are always exciting for us!

- DanaƩ



Little Bear

Today was a great day! It was a nice cool morning and stayed pretty cool for most of the day. We had a total of 44 newly banded birds and 26 recaptures. We got our first of the season Golden-crowned Kinglet and Red-breasted Nuthatch. This was actually the first ever Red-breasted Nuthatch caught at the Little Bear banding site. Both these birds were beautiful and exciting to see! It was a kind of a surprise that a Red-breasted Nuthatch showed up at Little Bear. The habitat out there is low-growing and shrubby compared to the typical habitat they prefer.  Red-breasted Nuthatches are mainly found in forests dominated by conifers but can also be found in habitat constructed of more deciduous trees as well.

Hatch-year female Golden-crowned Kinglet

Hatch-year female Red-breasted Nuthatch

-Kristin




SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3
Eastern Phoebe11
White-eyed Vireo31
Red-eyed Vireo1
Red-breasted Nuthatch1
House Wren221
Carolina Wren21
Golden-crowned Kinglet1
Wood Thrush

1
Gray Catbird30362219
Eastern Towhee1
Swamp Sparrow2
Black-and-White Warbler1
Common Yellowthroat1135
American Redstart11
Cape May Warbler12
Northern Parula11
Blackpoll Warbler1
Western Palm Warbler12
Myrtle Warbler
1
Northern Cardinal
31
Indigo Bunting
11
Painted Bunting
12

Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
56
44
100
# of Recaptures
45
26
71
# of Species
16
18
23
Effort (net-hours)
142.7
85.2
227.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
71.5
82.2
75.0
# of Nets
28
20
48


2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
2,747
2,091
4,838
# of Recaptures
625
267
892
# of Species
65
63
77
Effort (net-hours)
6,606.8
2745.3
9,352.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
51.0
85.89
61.3
# of Days5847-

Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
DanaĆ© Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Joanne Hamilton (CS)
Joel Throckmorton (LB)

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