Monday, August 26, 2019

An August Cold Front

CAPTAIN SAM'S

A rare August cold front gave us a brief reprieve from the heat and humidity that we have been experiencing.  Unfortunately, the winds associated with the cold front were from the northeast which limited the number of birds that reached us on the coast. We get really excited when west or northwest winds are predicted!  It looks like the heat and humidity be will returning tomorrow.  On another weather related note, we are watching what is now Tropical Storm Dorian which is heading toward the Caribbean.   It is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane tomorrow and could affect south Florida by Saturday.  It's still too early to tell if this storm will affect us here in South Carolina.  Now back to the birds...

Today we banded 32 new species and had 7 recaptures of 13 species.  Common Yellowthroats , which are the most commonly banded species at KIBS, started making their presence known with 11 banded.  

-Aaron       


LITTLE BEAR


We had a sunny and brief banding session at Little Bear this morning. Yesterday's overcast skies and high bird activity were gone, but we managed 15 captures before closing early due to the heat. There were still some highlights- a very approachable Chuck-wills-widow that we found before opening nets, and another handsome young Black-and-white Warbler. I also photographed a vivacious young male Eastern Towhee, beginning to get some of its black and rufous body feathers.



--Josh


  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
-
-
-
White-eyed Vireo
-
1
-
-
Red-eyed Vireo
3
-
-
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
-
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
1
Brown Thrasher
1
-
-
-
Eastern Towhee
Northern Waterthrush
-
4
-
1
1
3
-
-
Black-and-White Warbler
1
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
11
-
-
-
American Redstart
3
-
-
-
Yellow Warbler--1-
Prairie Warbler6-2-
Northern Cardinal1-12
Painted Bunting1321





Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
32
11
43
# of Recaptures
7
4
11
# of Species
15
8
15
Effort (net-hours)
161.5
62.7
224.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
24.2
23.9
24.1
# of Nets
28
20
48



2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
244
133
377
# of Recaptures
114
31
145
# of Species
26
15
28
Effort (net-hours)
1472.15
296
1768.15
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
24.3
55.4
29.5
# of Days116-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS) 
Bethany Darby (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)

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