Saturday, November 24, 2018

An Even More MEGA High Tide

CAPTAIN SAM'S

Rain delayed opening until about 9:00 am and I was greeted with another extreme high tide.  Today's high tide was even bigger than yesterday's peaking at a whopping 8.8 feet!  This is probably one of the biggest high tides I have seen while banding out on the spit.  The banding trails were under 2.5 - 3 feet of water and many nets lanes were flooded to point of not being able to open the nets.  It was slow going but I was better prepared today because I wore my wading pants that I usually reserve for marsh sparrow banding.  

Despite the late start, I banded 27 new birds and had 6 recaptures of 4 different species.  Most of the bird activity seem to occur in a small portion of the banding station.  Sixteen of the 33 birds captured today were caught in net #14 which is conveniently located about 25 yards from the banding table.  Net #14 has been relatively cold this season so I guess it was due for some action.  

The wind will be out of the northwest all night long so I am hoping for a busier day tomorrow.

-Aaron    


 SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Gray Catbird
1
2
-
-
House Finch
4
-
-
-
White-throated Sparrow
-
1
-
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
22
3
-
-





Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
27
-
27
# of Recaptures
6
-
6
# of Species
4
-
4
Effort (net-hours)
65.1
-
65.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
50.7
-
50.7
# of Nets
22
-
22



2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3,859
2,710
6,569
# of Recaptures
1,161
541
1,702
# of Species
78
76
94
Effort (net-hours)
11,472.2
4,978.25
16,450.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
43.8
65.3
50.3
# of Days9474-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

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