Tuesday, November 6, 2018

KIBS Record for Blackpoll Warblers

Captain Sam's

Today has been the best day so far this week! We caught 31 new birds and 5 recaptures. The most bird captured today was the Yellow-rumped Warbler. Another cool bird today was the Blackpoll Warbler. There has been a lot of Blackpoll Warblers showing up on Kiawah this year and it can be due to the storms off the coast pushing them inland. These warblers mainly migrate by the ocean, bypassing the land. They are considered as a long distant migrate bird that travels over the ocean. Check out this link that shows more information on Blackpoll Warblers.

-Kristin


Little Bear

Rain and wind held off this morning allowing us to keep all nets open the full six hours. We banded 20 new birds and recaptured 12 of 12 species. We caught another late migrant, a Magnolia Warbler,  this morning along with more Cape May and Blackpoll Warblers. It's funny to look back to a few weeks ago when I thought I wasn't going to see a Blackpoll in the hand and now we're catching more than ever for KIBS. As always, we're hoping the weather behaves itself tomorrow so we can get in another full day of banding.

Blackpoll Warbler (hatch-year)


-Meredith




  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1-1-
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker--1-
Carolina Wren---1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet1---
Hermit Thrush1---
Gray Catbird7296
Song Sparrow1-2-
Swamp Sparrow--11
Orange-crowned Warbler---1
Cape May Warbler--11
Magnolia Warbler--1-
Blackpoll Warbler1-2-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)1911-
Prairie Warbler-1--
Northern Cardinal-111


Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
31
20
51
# of Recaptures
5
11
16
# of Species
9
12
15
Effort (net-hours)
168
122
290
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
21.4
25.4
23.1
# of Nets
28
20
48


2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3,254
2,544
5,798
# of Recaptures
916
478
1,394
# of Species
72
71
88
Effort (net-hours)
9,085.55
4,277.2
13,362.75
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
45.9
70.7
53.8
# of Days7664-

Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Danae Mouton (CS)