Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Warbler Wednesday

Captain Sam's-


We caught a nice diversity of birds out at Captain Sam's today. We processed a total of 52 individuals, composed of 16 different species. Some of the highlights of the day for me included three Black-throated Blue Warblers and a hatch year White-eyed Vireo. I wish everyone could experience what it feels like to wake up in the morning, looking forward to a day of working with some of your very favorite birds!

Here is a photo of Dave with one of his favorites- an after hatch year, female Black-and-white Warbler.

Dave with his Fave!

HY female Prairie Warbler
Shout out to Katie Doherty for helping out today!

--Beth

Little Bear- 

We had a warm and fairly birdy morning at Little Bear, with 35 captures within just 3 hours of banding. While it may not seem like October when its over 90 degrees by 9am, the continuing procession of Gray Catbirds and warblers prove that it is in fact the fall season. We've begun getting some Catbirds with older bands, and today we processed a "GRCA" (bander code for GRay CAtbird), that has been visiting the station since its first year of operation in 2015. Its always a treat to spend a short amount of time with known age birds, to reflect on the many miles they've flown, and to deeply appreciate the importance of preserving the stop-over habitat that they depend on to survive. Although I didn't get a picture of that particular Catbird, I did photograph an adult male Black-throated Blue Warbler and a juvenile Magnolia Warbler that were banded at the station today.

Adult male Black-throated Blue Warbler

Immature Magnolia Warbler

Immature Magnolia Warbler
--Josh



  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Downy Woodpecker
-
1
-
-
White-eyed Vireo
1
-
-
-
Red-eyed Vireo
4
-
-
-
Carolina Chickadee
1
2
-
-
House Wren
1
-
-
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
2
Gray Catbird
4
6
4
1
Brown Thrasher
-
1
-
-
Veery
1
-
-
-
Swainson's Thrush
2
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
2
1
Black-and-white Warbler
1
-
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
15
2
17
-
American Redstart
2
-
-
-
Magnolia Warbler
-
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
1
-
3
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
3
-
1
-
"Western" Palm Warbler
1
-
1
-
Prairie Warbler
2
-
-
-
Painted Bunting--2-



Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
40
31
71
# of Recaptures
12
4
16
# of Species
16
9
25
Effort (net-hours)
112.3
60
172.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
46.3
58.3
50.3
# of Nets
28
20
48



2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
1,574
911
2,485
# of Recaptures
350
163
513
# of Species
54
47
65
Effort (net-hours)
5,334.35
1,953.7
7,288.05
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
36.1
55.0
41.1
# of Days4232-

Banding Staff

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