FOS Palm Warbler and Eastern Wood-Pewee

 CAPTAIN SAMS

Despite calmer winds and continued north winds, migration along the coast slowed down a bit last night as evident by the paucity of flight calls heard while opening the nets and the much lower capture rate compared to yesterday. We only banded 37 new birds but had 18 recaptures of 12 different species. A majority of the recaptures were birds that we had banded yesterday and will likely use the dense habitat of Captain Sams as a stopover area as they gain weight to continue their migration. In addition, we banded the first of many Palm Warblers that will make their way through the spit on their southward migration. While some Palm Warblers will stick around during the winter months, most will winter further south along Gulf coast, Florida, the Caribbean, and the Yucatan Peninsula.   

-Aaron

LITTLE BEAR

We are enjoying the surprisingly cooler weather for this time of year. It was a slower morning but a good diversity of species. We captured 39 new birds and 5 recaptures of 17 species. The highlights of the morning were a first of the season Eastern Wood-Pewee and Palm Warbler and a hatch year male Baltimore Oriole. The migration forecast looks good over the next couple of days so we expect additional arrivals to the banding station. 

Baltimore Oriole (hatch year, male)

-Michael

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	-	1	-
Eastern Wood-Pewee	-	-	1	-
Eastern Kingbird	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	4	-	1	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	1	2
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	1
Baltimore Oriole	1	-	1	-
Northern Waterthrush	5	7	4	-
Common Yellowthroat	16	7	8	-
American Redstart	5	2	7	-
Cape May Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Parula	-	-	1	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	1	-
Palm Warbler (Western)	1	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	6	1
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	1
Painted Bunting	1	1	4	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	37	39	76
# of Recaptures	18	5	23
# of Species	12	17	18
Effort (net-hours)	179.2	159.1	338.3
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	30.7	27.7	29.3
# of Nets	32	28	60

2025 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	620	352	972
# of Recaptures	142	116	258
# of Species	38	33	39
Effort (net-hours)	3,630.1	1,995.3	5,625.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	21.0	23.4	21.9
# of Days	25	18

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (LB)

Liz Held (LB)

Arden Schneider (CS)

Camille Beckwith (CS)

Jeremiah Sullivan (CS)

Amy Nickerson (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.