Some Birds Saturday

Captain Sam's:
Today was a slow but windy day. We had a total of 25 birds captured. Our highlight of the day is capturing a Blue-headed Vireo.  This little fellow was a dull color, almost seeming to be a different bird. After carefully examining the bird it is for sure a Blue-headed Vireo. Our first instincts were right, but we were really hoping for our 100th species. I think this bird is still a great catch even though it was not our 100th species. Tomorrows winds are predicting some NW winds, so hopefully we can get some more movement in the next few days!

Blue-headed Vireo

- Kristin

Little Bear:
What a day, what a day. We caught four birds with two new bands and two recaptures! At least is was an excellent bird watching day. There was a good amount of visible seabird migration going on over the ocean. We observed over a thousand Double-crested Cormorant, a hand full of Common Loons, two species of Scoters (Black and Surf) and a Northern Gannet!


- Dan

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Blue-headed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	-	1
House Wren	-	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	-	-	1
Gray Catbird	-	1	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	1	-
Black-and-white Warbler	1	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	1	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	-	-
Palm Warbler (Western)	2	-	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	12	2	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	-	-	1	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	19	2	21
# of Recaptures	6	2	8
# of Species	10	4	13
Effort (net-hours)	130	42.3	172.3
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	19.2	9.5	16.8
# of Nets	25	10	35

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,939	2,483	6,422
# of Recaptures	914	423	1,337
# of Species	83	76	99
Effort (net-hours)	10,142	4,800.4	14,942.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	47.9	60.5	51.9
# of Days	76	65	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (CS)
Dan Errichetti (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)

Rain Day

Captain Sam's:
We battled the elements today at Captain Sam's and ended our day with 11 new birds banded and 4 recaps of 6 species. We opened nets almost two hours late due to rain and dealt with on-and-off showers and high winds throughout the day. A flock of Tree Swallows stopped by but failed to make its way into the nets. We were hoping they would be our 100th species of the year, but maybe tomorrow!


Little Bear:

Due to the rain, followed by high winds, we decided to not open at Little Bear today. Tomorrow is looking much more promising to catch some more birds!

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Eastern Phoebe	2	-	-	-
House Wren	1	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	1	-	-
Song Sparrow	1	1	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	6	2	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	11	-	11
# of Recaptures	4	-	4
# of Species	6	-	6
Effort (net-hours)	105.7	-	105.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	14.2	-	14.2
# of Nets	28	-	28

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,920	2,481	6,401
# of Recaptures	908	421	1,329
# of Species	83	76	99
Effort (net-hours)	10,012	4,758.1	14,770.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	48.2	61.0	52.3
# of Days	75	64	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Matt Danihel (CS)