8/18/2019

Captain Sam's:

Today was a very good day! We had a total of 7 FOS (first of the season) including my favorite, the American Redstart! These birds are very common and are really a sight to see! They have a remarkable coloration to sticks out and they know they are beautiful. Redstarts have a unique feeding habit were they seem to feed more like flycatchers. They usually go after flying insects with competes with other flycatcher species. Here is a link that talks a little more about this species.

American Redstart

After Hatching Year Male

Great Crested Flycatcher

Hatching Year, unknown sex

Two more of our crew members (Josh and Bethany) started working this morning, which we had a nice steady flow of birds they got to band and handle. I would also love to welcome them to KIBS and hope that they have a great time and really enjoy all the birds to come during the season!

-Kristin Attinger

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	1	-	-	-
Great Crested Flycatcher	-	1	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	4	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	2	-	-
Tufted Titmouse	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	2	-	-	-
Northern Mockingbird	2	-	-	-
Eastern Towhee	2	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	6	-	-	-
Black-and-white Warbler	1	-	-	-
Prothonotary Warbler	1	-	-	-
American Redstart	2	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	-	-
Prairie Warbler	5	3	-	-
Northern Cardinal	3	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	2	2	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	32	-
# of Recaptures	11	-
# of Species	17	-
Effort (net-hours)	149.5	-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	28.8	-
# of Nets	28	-

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	81	13	94
# of Recaptures	24	2	26
# of Species	21	3	21
Effort (net-hours)	343.2	15.75	358.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	30.6	95.2	33.4
# of Days	3	1	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS) 
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Bethany Darby (CS)
Josh Lefever (CS)
Bill Kee (CS)