Wednesday, November 14, 2018

The last of the field crew farewells

CAPTAIN SAM'S

Today was a slow windy morning. We didn't catch many birds but we did get to see 36 White Pelican fly by, which is a lifer bird for me! Before we closed all of our nets we did have a flock of Tree Swallows dive in for some wax myrtle berries. They were teasing us by eating from a tree close to the nets but we got lucky that they decided to change their mind and go for one near our nets.

I would like to thank Aaron for all the work he does to run the KIBS banding station. I learned so much and got to see so many different birds. It was a great season and I had a blast working with everyone and loved meeting new people.

-Kristin


LITTLE BEAR

It was our last day of banding today at Little Bear and we packed up the site. I can't say we went out with a bang today, only catching 5 new birds and 3 recaptures. However, for the season overall Little Bear did awesome in terms of catching exciting (and unexpected) species. It was the site to catch the Kirtland's Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Morning Warbler, Pine Warbler and Blackburnian Warbler - all species only caught once this season - among others.

Spending a few months working for KIBS and living in Kiawah has been an amazing time and I am sad to leave. Throughout the season I have seen so many new species in the hand (even some lifers!) and learned a great deal about aging by molt limits and identification tips for eastern species. Thanks to my whole team, especially Aaron, for a memorable and fun season!

-Meredith



  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Tree Swallow
12
-
-
-
Gray Catbird
3
2
2
1
Song Sparrow
-
1
2
-
Swamp Sparrow
1
3
-
1
Blackpoll warbler
-
1
-
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
6
2
1
-
Northern Cardinal
-
-
-
1

Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
22
5
27
# of Recaptures
9
3
12
# of Species
6
4
7
Effort (net-hours)
115
26
141
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
27
30.8
27.7
# of Nets
29
20
49

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3,569
2,710
6,279
# of Recaptures
1,022
541
1,563
# of Species
78
76
94
Effort (net-hours)
10,202.1
4,978.25
15,180.35
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
45.0
65.3
51.7
# of Days8574-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)

1 comment:

  1. MY favorite blog!!! Great Job this season TEAM!!! Thanks so much for all that you do (did)! :)

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