It was really slow out on the spit today. We dodged rain showers all morning and had to close the nets down for about 40 minutes around 7:00am. We ended up banding only 12 birds and had an additional 15 recaptures. We had a couple of returning Yellow-rumped Warblers. One was originally banded on 11/25/2018 as a hatch-year male. The other was banded on 11/21/2015 as a hatch-year female and was subsequently recaptured on 11/1/2016 and 11/20/2017. She escaped our nets last year it seems.
-Aaron
LITTLE BEAR
Today was a slow day! With rain in the forecast today it slowed down the bird movement. With a total of 15 birds we caught a total of 7 species. We did get to see our feather friend, a Merlin, hanging out in a tree near the station. I am hoping before we are done for the season we can capture one!
-Kristin
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Carolina Chickadee
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Hermit Thrush
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
Song Sparrow
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Painted Bunting
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
12
|
8
|
20
|
| # of Recaptures |
15
|
7
|
22
|
| # of Species |
11
|
7
|
12
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
130.2
|
94.0
|
224.2
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
20.7
|
16.0
|
18.7
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
3,853
|
2,447
|
6,300
|
| # of Recaptures |
889
|
404
|
1,293
|
| # of Species |
83
|
75
|
98
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
9750.9
|
4,661.8
|
14,412.7
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
48.6
|
61.2
|
52.7
|
| # of Days | 72 | 62 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Dave Sandahl (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
