Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Grackle Sunrise

 Captain Sam's:

Today was a another slower day with little migration the night before. In fact, we ended up netting more recaptures (mostly Grey Catbirds) than new birds (also mostly Grey Catbirds). 

The main highlight of today was our attempt to catch White Ibis. A flock of Ibis had been hanging out all morning in the salt marsh immediately adjacent to the banding table. In hopes of catching one, Aaron set up a net out in the marsh and we attempted to herd them in by walking slowly towards them in a semicircle. The birds seems almost entirely unperturbed by our presence and simply moved slowly in the direction that we were slowly pushing them. Unfortunately, just a bit before we were set to charge forward and flush them into the waiting net, the Ibis caught on and all flushed as a group. A single Ibis hit the net which turned out to be too brittle anyway as it busted right through, leaving nothing but a football-sized and Ibis-shaped hole. 

-Aidan


Little Bear:

Today, on the east side of the island, we witnessed a fiery sunrise, complete with a flock of boat-tailed grackles adorning a driftwood tree.


It has been rather slow the last couple of days, and we have been preparing for the upcoming cold front this weekend by repairing nets and washing bird bags. Notably, we also had a flock of White Ibis on our site today, and we set up a net in the perfect spot to catch them tomorrow. We are ready to go and will make sure to update all of our wonderful blog readers on how our next big migration wave goes. Stay tuned!

-Brendan


  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
--1-
Red-eyed Vireo
1---
White-eyed Vireo
-2--
Downy Woodpecker
-1--
House Wren
1211
Grey Catbird
1328--
Grey-cheeked Thrush
1-75
Yellow-breasted Chat
-1--
Ovenbird
-1--
Black-and-white Warbler
-1--
Common Yellowthroat
3411
American Redstart
-2--
Northern Cardinal
-1-2
Indigo Bunting
1---
Painted Bunting
-1-2
Carolina Wren
---1

Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
20
10
30
# of Recaptures
44
12
66
# of Species
14
7
14
Effort (net-hours)
162
84
246
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
39.5
26.3
39.0
# of Nets
30
23


2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3217
1880
5097
# of Recaptures
757
373
1130
# of Species
67
61
81
Effort (net-hours)
8030.3
3,798.75
11829.05
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
50.3
59.3
52.6
# of Days5445-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Nate Watkins 
Katie Serba (CS)
Brendan Wang (LB) 
Aidan Place (CS)
Maia Nguyen (CS)

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