Winter Banding Part 5

 CAPTAIN SAM'S

Wednesday, March 24th was the last banding session of the winter season.  Despite hearing a few nocturnal flight calls from migrating birds overhead while opening nets, we did not band any know migrants.  In fact, only 8 birds were banded along with 30 recaptures of 15 different species.  Now that the Yellow-rumped Warblers have moved on, capturing birds that haven't already been banded is much more difficult.  

 Spring has definitely sprung around the banding station.  One of the first plants to flower on Kiawah is Carolina Jessamine.  It's delicate yellow blooms are very fragrant and gives off a pleasing aroma that can be sensed well before seeing the plant.  Carolina Jessamine, SC's state flower, is an evergreen vine that climbs up trees and shrubs around the edges of the dunes at the banding station. This year a substantial population of this plant is growing next to net 26 and 32.  Although the flowers are fragrant and beautiful, all parts of this plant is poisonous.  It can cause an allergic reaction when touched and ingesting it can be fatal!  

Thank to Ryan's help, we managed to take down 16 of the 28 nets throughout the morning leaving only 12 nets left for me to take down next week.  The nets won't go back up now until August in preparation for the fall migration season.  

-Aaron 

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Eastern Phoebe	1	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	-	1	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	2	-	-
House Wren	1	-	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	-
Hermit Thrush	-	4	-	-
Brown Thrasher	1	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	14	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	-	1	-	-
Song Sparrow	1	1	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	1	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	2	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	-	1	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) Northern Cardinal	2 2	1 -	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	8	-	-
# of Recaptures	38	-	-
# of Species	15	-	-
Effort (net-hours)	139.6	-	-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	27.2	-	-
# of Nets	28	-	-

2021 Winter Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	175	-	-
# of Recaptures	183	-	-
# of Species	21	-	-
Effort (net-hours)	641.95	-	-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	55.8	-	-
# of Days	5	-	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Ryan Donnelly (CS)