Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Catbirds on the Move

Captain Sam's 

With the Southwest winds last night, we were unsure of how today would go. We ended up having a decent day with 67 new birds and 4 recaptures. It was the biggest day yet for Catbirds as we had 19 new individuals. You could hear them throughout the day making their "mew" call. The main excitement was a collared bobcat that was spotted on our first net check. I spent an hour today just patrolling net lanes to prevent her from "stealing" our birds. I did spot her a second time and noticed she had a smaller bobcat with her, likely a kitten from this breeding season. It was enjoyable to see one so close. The other neat wildlife observation was an Eastern Kingsnake, who DanaƩ came across, that was in the process of eating a glass lizard. See the video below for this "Steve Irwin moment."

-Joel



Little Bear

We ended up having a surprisingly good day with 77 new birds and 5 recaptures of 15 different species. We had a decent push of gray catbirds this morning with a total of 26 captured, which even beat out common yellowthroats for top species of the day. The highlight of the morning was an Acadian Flycatcher, which is one of our rarer flycatchers caught during the fall. We also have had a Merlin show up at the banding station so hopefully it finds one of our nets!

Acadian Flycatcher (hatch-year, sex unknown)
-Michael



SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Downy Woodpecker
-
1
-
-
Acadian Flycatcher
-
-
1
-
"Traill's" Flycatcher
1
-
1
-
White-eyed Vireo
10
-
1
-
Red-eyed Vireo
3
-
1
-
House Wren
2
-
-
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
1
Gray Catbird 
19
1
26
-
Northern Mockingbird
1
-
1
-
Yellow-breasted Chat
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
-
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
24
2
19
-
American Redstart
2
-
2
-
Yellow Warbler
1
-
2
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
-
-
1
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
-
-
16
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
1
-
-
-
Painted Bunting
1
-
4
4



Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
67
77
144
# of Recaptures
4
5
9
# of Species
14
15
19
Effort (net-hours)
114.8
55.8
170.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
61.8
146.9
89.7
# of Nets
28
20
48


2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
948
633
1581
# of Recaptures
244
112
356
# of Species
45
35
53
Effort (net-hours)
4135.9
1596.3
5732.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
28.8
46.7
33.8
# of Days3528-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (LB)
DanaĆ© Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Joanne Hamilton (LB)
Joel Throckmorton (CS)
Chris Snook (CS)
Jake Zadik (LB)