FOS Northern Parula

 Captain Sam's:

Today was a slow but steady day. We had a total of 22 birds! Slowly we are increasing our numbers but not yet. I am hoping something gets pushed over to us as the storm Ida moves north. Also praying for everyone that was affected by the storm and that they are safe as well. 

Hopefully tomorrow Captain Sam's will have their Northern Parula too! 

-Kristin

Little Bear:

It was a little cooler as we opened the nets this morning (only 74 degrees!), and bird activity seemed to be up from the past few days. We had a relatively busy first net run, that matched our capture count from yesterday (14 birds), highlighted by 2 Eastern Kingbirds

Eastern Kingbird- these birds almost never sit still for photos,
and this is by far the best picture I've gotten of the 4 we've caught so far this month

After the first net check, the sun warmed things up fast and our capture rate dropped quickly- we only caught another 7 birds for the remaining 4 hours that we were open. But we had a few goodies, like a Prothonotary Warbler and our first-of-the-season (FOS) Northern Parula.

FOS Northern Parula, a hatch-year male

We're optimistic that things will continue to pick up as this week goes on- hopefully our first 'big day' isn't too far off!

-Josh

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	1	-	-
Eastern Kingbird	-	-	2	-
Red-eyed Vireo	4	-	2	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	-
Ovenbird	-	-	1	-
Northern Waterthrush	4	-	6	-
Prothonotary Warbler	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	2	-
Northern Parula	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	1	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	1	1
Painted Bunting	3	2	3	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	16	20	36
# of Recaptures	6	1	7
# of Species	10	10	13
Effort (net-hours)	132	97.5	229.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	16.67	21.5	18.7
# of Nets	30	23	-

2021 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	274	161	435
# of Recaptures	91	28	119
# of Species	34	25	39
Effort (net-hours)	2,040	1007.85	3,047.85
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	17.9	18.8	18.2
# of Days	16	10	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (CS)

Nate Watkins (CS)

Kandace Glanville (CS)

Ben Stalheim (LB)

Josh Lefever (LB)