Wednesday, November 28, 2018

First Eastern Bluebird for Captain Sam's

CAPTAIN SAM'S 

Because of the cold temperatures and gusty winds, I delayed opening the nets until a little after 7:00 am.  Even then I only opened up 7 nets.  Each consecutive net run, I opened up a few more nets, and by 10:00 am I had 25 nets open.  Similar to yesterday, the first three hours were very slow but around 11:00 am, the bird activity picked up and I was catching between 10-15 birds per hour until about 3:00 pm.  I closed up the nets around 4:20 pm to put a cap on a long and productive day.  I ended up banding 39 new birds and had 44 recaptures of 9 different species.  

The highlight of the day was a stunning adult male Eastern Bluebird.  This is the first bluebird that has ever been banded at during the fall at Captain Sam's.  Little Bear banded one in October 2017.  

-Aaron

Eastern Bluebird (after hatch-year, male)


  

       


SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
-
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
-
Eastern Bluebird
1
-
-
-
Gray Catbird
-
5
-
-
Song Sparrow
-
1
-
-
White-throated Sparrow
2
-
-
-
Orange-crowned Warbler
1
2
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
-
1
-
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
35
33
-
-





Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
39
-
39
# of Recaptures
44
-
44
# of Species
9
-
9
Effort (net-hours)
175.8
-
175.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
47.2
-
47.2
# of Nets
25
-
25



2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3,977
2,710
6,687
# of Recaptures
1,274
541
1,815
# of Species
80
76
96
Effort (net-hours)
12,019.8
4,978.25
16,998.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
43.7
65.3
50.0
# of Days9874-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)