Saturday, September 22, 2018

Day of Recaptures

Captain Sam's

It was a slow day at Captain Sam's today but we sure did a lot of recaptures. With a total of 17 new birds and 13 recaptures. We had the most recaptures of Painted Buntings that were after-hatch years. It was really cool seeing the unique coloration of the males once they are finished molting!
Check out the bold contrast of colors on this male below!

After-hatch year male Painted Bunting
-Kristin



Little Bear

It was a day full of recaptured birds at Little Bear with more recaptured than newly banded. We had a total of 12 new birds and 14 recaptures. It was a decently diverse day with 11 species. The continuing heat shut us down just before 10 this morning. Our most interesting catch today was a Yellow Warbler (photo below) with a duller, more olive coloration than most that we see. According to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, there is extensive morphological variation within Yellow Warblers, more so than other wood-warblers. To learn more about Yellow Warblers and their various subspecies, check out this link.

Hatch-year Yellow Warbler

-Meredith




SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
White-eyed Vireo
1--1
Red-eyed Vireo333-
Carolina Chickadee--1-
Carolina Wren11-3
Veery1---
Gray Catbird21--
Brown Thrasher1---
Northern Mockingbird--1-
Ovenbird1---
Northern Waterthrush--1-
Common Yellowthroat4121
Yellow Warbler--11
Prairie Warbler--1-
Northern Cardinal-1-2
Painted Bunting3626


Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
17
12
29
# of Recaptures
13
14
27
# of Species
10
11
15
Effort (net-hours)
105
60
165
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
28.6
43.3
35.9
# of Nets
28
20
48


2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
735
452
1,187
# of Recaptures
197
89
286
# of Species
43
32
49
Effort (net-hours)
3,669.0
1,365.1
5,034.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
25.4
39.6
29.3
# of Days3124-

Banding Staff

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