Another slow day

CAPTAIN SAMS

Today we banded just 4 new birds and had 5 recaptures, from 5 different species. We took advantage of the slow day to work on some net repairs. 

Three of our 9 birds today were White-eyed Vireos, which is a bird I was particularly excited to see in the hand! We have been getting mostly older birds of this species, but today we banded a hatch year White-eyed Vireo. It was really cool to get to see the eye color changes in the differently aged birds! These vireos start out with grayish-brown eyes as hatch year birds, which lighten towards a white color as they age (hence their name, White-eyed Vireo!). 

- Camille 

After hatch year White-eyed Vireo

LITTLE BEAR

It was a pretty slow day at Little Bear, and with less cloud cover the temperature was rising fast by 9:30am. We banded 9 birds and had 4 recaptures for a total of 13 birds. Northern Waterthrushes continue to be our most common migrant. 

One of the newly banded birds was our second Traill's Flycatcher of the season. A species name that is more commonly seen in banding vs birding, we use Traill's Flycatcher to refer to two flycatchers that are visually indistinguishable from each other: Willow and Alder Flycatchers. While birding, they can be distinguished by their unique songs, but in the hand they look identical. We take a few extra measurements that may help us go back and determine the exact species for some individuals. 

-Liz

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Traill's Flycatcher	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	2	1	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	1
Northern Waterthrush	1	1	5	1
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	1	-
Painted Bunting	-	1	2	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4	9	13
# of Recaptures	5	4	9
# of Species	6	5	8
Effort (net-hours)	150.4	114.1	264.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	6	11.4	8.3
# of Nets	32	28	60

2025 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	253	146	399
# of Recaptures	70	52	122
# of Species	27	21	32
Effort (net-hours)	1963	872.3	2835.3
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	16.5	22.7	18.4
# of Days	14	7	14

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (CS)

Liz Held (LB)

Arden Schneider (LB)

Camille Beckwith (CS)

 Note:  All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Bird Banding Lab.