Friday, October 16, 2020

A Bit Swampy

 Captain Sam's:

We didn't have many more birds than yesterday and were generally catching the same species until I came across a new suspect in a net! A good ole Swamp Sparrow graced us with its presence and we will expect many more to come as we progress further into the fall as they over-winter in South Carolina. These guys are relatively short distance migrants compared to many of the species we have already captured.

Hatch Year Swamp Sparrow (DE)

Swamp Sparrow Abundance Map
-- Dan E.


Little Bear:

Today was much like yesterday; we captured 35 birds, mostly Gray Catbirds. Unlike yesterday, we had no cloud cover and almost no breeze. The temperature soared quickly, and we ended up closing earlier than usual. Check back in tomorrow for what should be a much more exciting, post cold front, blog post. 

-Josh

  Species  Captain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Traill's Flycatcher
--1-
White-eyed Vireo
-11-
Carolina Chickadee
-2--
House Wren
1-1-
Carolina Wren
1-1-
Gray Catbird
209175
Brown Thrasher
11--
Swamp Sparrow
1-1-
Eastern Towhee
-1--
Common Yellowthroat
1-41
American Redstart
3-1-
Northern Parula
1---
'Western' Palm Warbler
1---
'Myrtle' Yellow-rumped Warbler
1---
Prairie Warbler
1--1
Northern Cardinal
-2--
Painted Bunting
-11-


Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
35
28
63
# of Recaptures
17
7
24
# of Species
16
10
17
Effort (net-hours)
116
92.0
208
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
44.8
38.0
41.8
# of Nets
30
23
-


2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3,437
1,958
5,395
# of Recaptures
661
280
941
# of Species
63
65
79
Effort (net-hours)
7,557.51
4,765.7
12,323.21
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
54.2
47.0
51.4
# of Days6150-

 

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Vincent Weber (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Sarah Stewart (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)

1 comment:

  1. You better catch a Bicknell's Thrush tomorrow or I'm not checking in Josh!

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