Friday, October 25, 2019

Coop for Everyone!

Captain Sam's:

It was a family affair at Captain Sam's today. We were joined by some of Dan's family members, as well as Mr. Aiden Given himself. The morning started out very slow, and we were worried that we wouldn't have much to show our visitors. Until halfway through our 3rd net run, Dan found a Cooper's Hawk of our very own in net 27! Luckily Dan thinks fast on his feet- he ran after the Coop and secured him in the net so that he couldn't escape. Then he called for backup, in the form of Kristin.

If you remember, yesterday, the Little Bear crew caught a Cooper's Hawk. With two sites, it's easy to have birding FOMO (fear of missing out), when the other site catches something cool. So it was very exciting for us to catch one too! It was even more exciting because Dan got to band him- his first raptor! And it was even more exciting for me personally, because it was my first time having a hawk in the hand!

Juvenile, Male Cooper's Hawk (Photo: Kristin Attinger)
If you look back at yesterday's blog, you can compare Little Bear's adult male Cooper's Hawk to today's juvenile male. As you can see, this juvenile has a yellow eye, but when it reaches adulthood, it's eye color will change to red (like yesterday's).

Dan with the Cooper's Hawk (Photo: Kristin Attinger)

Aaron and Aiden with the Cooper's Hawk
Spook-tacular Cooper's Hawk (He is perfectly healthy-that is just his signature look)


Now we wait for a Sharp-shinned Hawk to make its way into our nets! Fingers crossed!

--Beth


Little Bear:

We had a pretty slow morning at Little Bear, with only 11 birds newly banded and 13 recaptures. Among the recaps, we had a late staying Northern Waterthrush which was originally banded back on October 17th. We also caught two Northern Cardinals that were banded as adults back in 2016, making each of them at least 4 years old.

--Josh


  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Cooper's Hawk
1
-
-
-
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2
-
-
-
Eastern Phoebe
1
-
-
-
White-eyed Vireo
-
1
-
-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
-
1
-
-
House Wren
1
-
-
-
Hermit Thrush
2
1
-
-
Gray Catbird
8
11
1
3
Song Sparrow
-
-
-
1
Swamp Sparrow
1
-
-
-
Yellow-breasted Chat
1
-
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
2
2
3
2
Northern Waterthrush
-
-
-
1
American Redstart
-
2
-
-
Blackpoll Warbler
-
1
1
-
'Western' Palm Warbler
2
3
-
-
'Myrtle' Yellow-rumped Warbler
2
-
4
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
-
-
Northern Cardinal
-
-
-
2
Indigo Bunting--1-
Painted Bunting---4




Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
24
11
35
# of Recaptures
22
13
35
# of Species
16
9
21
Effort (net-hours)
145.6
80.6
226.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
31.6
29.8
30.9
# of Nets
28
19
47



2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3,418
2,254
5,672
# of Recaptures
767
323
1,090
# of Species
78
69
92
Effort (net-hours)
8,231
3,660.3
11,891.3
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
50.8
70.4
56.9
# of Days6452-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Bethany Darby (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Arcata Leavitt (LB)
Dave Sandahl (LB) 







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