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Friday, November 7, 2025

Yellow-rumped Warblers are still arriving

 CAPTAIN SAMS 

It picked up a little today with the movement of more Yellow-rumped Warblers along the coast. When opening nets, we heard many flying over the station as they migrated down the coast. We ended the morning with 50 new birds and 16 recaptures of 12 species, 38 of which were Yellow-rumped Warblers. It looks like banding will be slow throughout the weekend before we receive another push of birds after a large cold front moves through the area early next week. 

-Michael

 
LITTLE BEAR
We had a really slow day at Little Bear with 12 new birds and 9 recaptures of 6 different species. While we were opening, it sounded more birdy than the last few days so we were hoping we would be busier but unfortunately that did not happen. There were a few flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers and sparrows flitting around so perhaps they will find their way into our nets tomorrow. 
-Liz

  SpeciesCaptain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
White-eyed Vireo
1---
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5---
Gray Catbird
3457
Hermit Thrush
3321
Song Sparrow
1-2-
Swamp Sparrow
--11
Common Yellowthroat
-1--
Orange-crowned Warbler
1---
Palm Warbler (Western)
1---
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
3441-
Northern Cardinal
-1--
Painted Bunting
1-1-




Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
50
12
62
# of Recaptures
16
9
25
# of Species
12
6
12
Effort (net-hours)
185.6
140.0
325.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
35.6
15.0
26.7
# of Nets
32
28
60

2025 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
4,964
3,400
8,364
# of Recaptures
1,046
932
1,978
# of Species
91
90
104
Effort (net-hours)
12,931.1
9,305.1
22,236.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
46.5
46.6
46.5
# of Days8170



Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Liz Held (LB)
Arden Schneider (CS)
Camille Beckwith (LB)


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.

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