A Green Noodle Was The Catch Of The Day

October 19, 2020

Captain Sam's:

Today was a lot slower than normal. We had a total of 37 birds, with only 13 of them being recaptures. We enjoyed watching a pair of Kingfishers fly around our station. They got super close to our nets but yet not in them. My favorite catch of the day was this Rough Green Snake pictured below. Being from the northern states (Pennsylvania) we have a similar species called the Smooth Green Snake. One of the differences is that the Rough Green Snake can be longer and can get up to 2 feet in length. Another difference is that the Rough Green Snake has raised keels (Scale) where they get that rough feeling, while Smooth Green Snake do not have raised keels, making them have a smooth feeling. 

Rough Green Snake Captured at CS

As you can see above, the upper snake is the Rough Green Snake and the lower snake is the Smooth Green Snake. Corresponding with the image beside it, you can see how the upper image is keeled, meaning it will have rough scales and the lower image is smooth.

I'm hoping tomorrow will at least get a few good birds! 

-Kristin

Little Bear:

Today was another overall slow day at Little Bear- although it started out strong, with our first few nets runs feeling a little busier than usual. We caught our first-of-season Song Sparrow (Captain Sams had their first a few days ago), and another Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (the fourth this season, making it four more than how many were banded here either of the past two years). But by 10 o'clock, the sun was beating down and the King Tide was rushing back in, causing thigh-high water levels for the second day in a row. We ended up catching nothing over our last 90 minutes of banding, and ended the day with 42 captures of 12 species. 

-Josh

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	-	-	1	-
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	-	-	-	1
Downy Woodpecker	-	-	1	-
Eastern Phoebe	-	2	-	-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	-	-	1	-
House Wren	-	-	2	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	11	5	14	6
Northern Mockingbird	1	-	-	-
Song Sparrow	-	-	1	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	2	-
Eastern Towhee	-	1	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	-	-	-	1
Common Yellowthroat	6	-	8	2
Northern Parula	1	-	-	-
'Western' Palm Warbler	2	1	-	-
'Myrtle' Yellow-rumped Warbler	1	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	2	1	-	-
Indigo Bunting	-	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	-	1	1	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	24	32	56
# of Recaptures	13	10	23
# of Species	12	12	20
Effort (net-hours)	130.7	110.9	241.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	28.3	37.9	32.7
# of Nets	30	23	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,545	2,045	5,590
# of Recaptures	698	307	1,005
# of Species	66	66	80
Effort (net-hours)	7,903.3	5,047.4	12,950.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	53.7	46.6	50.9
# of Days	64	53	-

 

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Vincent Weber (CS)
Dan Errichetti (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)

Sarah Stewart (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)