Thursday, October 22, 2020

No Surprises

 Captain Sam's:

Today was quite a slow day. It was definitely cooler today with the nice overcast. I got to see 2 White Pelicans fly up the river today, which is a first for me this season! I am hoping something cool will show up on these up coming slow days!

Here is a beautiful sunrise that we had at Captain Sam's today!

-Kristin

 

Little Bear:

To bang on the same old drum, It was another slow day. We averaged four to five captures per run, but at the end of the day we still only processed 32 birds covering 10 species. We were glad to have overcast conditions for the majority of the morning, but the wind steadily increased over the course of the session causing us to close early. We almost made it to noon though.

A very confused Northern Mockingbird (Photo VW)

The bird to highlight from today was a hatch-year Northern Mockingbird. This bird was very calm from the moment I grabbed it out of the net to when we were processing. It even posed for a few photos. Most mockingbirds are noisy while they are in-hand.

-Vincent


  Species  Captain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
House Wren
112
-
Carolina Wren
-2-
1
Carolina Chickadee
-1
-
Gray Catbird
227-
Northern Mockingbird
--1-
Brown Thrasher
11--
Common Yellowthroat
2122
Northern Parula
1---
Palm Warbler (Western)
1-3-
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
--4-
Prairie Warbler
---1
Northern Cardinal 
-2-1
Indigo Bunting                            
1---
Painted Bunting
--3-


Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
9
22

# of Recaptures
10
22

# of Species
10
10

Effort (net-hours)
132
120.6

Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
14.4
18.2

# of Nets
30
23
-


2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3590
2097
5687
# of Recaptures
729
337
1066
# of Species
67
66
80
Effort (net-hours)
8,248.7
5389.90
13,638.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
52.4
45.2
49.5
# of Days6756
-

 

Banding Staff

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

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