CAPTAIN SAMS
It was nice to get back out to the station after a full day of rain and flooding. Due to the weather, not much migrated to our area last night. We only captured 11 new birds and 6 recaptures of 11 different species. We did have an early first-of-the season Veery along with our first House Finch.
-Michael
LITTLE BEAR
The Little Bear station was full of water after 10 inches of rain we had yesterday and high tides coming in more than one foot higher than projected! We were also met with rain as we walked to the banding table, though it luckily didn't last for too long. The birds didn't seem too deterred by the water, and we had another slow but steady early season day, with 21 birds banded and had 10 recaptures for a total of 31 birds from 14 species. We had a very exciting second net run when Aaron walked up to a Tricolored Heron flying into one of the nets! That was the first time seeing one in the hand for all three of us! We're excited to see what other unusual catches the water brings us (more herons hopefully)!
- Camille
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| Aaron holding a hatch year Tricolored Heron! |
| Species | Captain Sams | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Mourning Dove | 1 | - | - | - |
Tricolored Heron | - | - | 1 | - |
Downy Woodpecker | - | - | 1 | - |
White-eyed Vireo | - | - | - | 1 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | - | - |
Carolina Wren | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | - | - | 1 | - |
Veery | 1 | - | - | - |
House Finch | 1 | - | - | - |
Eastern Towhee | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Northern Waterthrush | 2 | - | 4 | - |
Common Yellowthroat | 2 | - | 1 | - |
American Redstart | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Prairie Warbler | 1 | - | 3 | - |
Northern Cardinal | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Painted Bunting | - | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| # of Recaptures | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| # of Species | 11 | 14 | 17 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 179.2 | 140.0 | 319.2 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 9.5 | 22.1 | 15.0 |
| # of Nets | 32 | 28 | 60 |
| 2025 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 183 | 57 | 240 |
| # of Recaptures | 50 | 13 | 63 |
| # of Species | 26 | 18 | 30 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 1225.0 | 252.0 | 1477.0 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 19.0 | 27.8 | 20.5 |
| # of Days | 9 | 2 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (LB)Michael Gamble (CS)
Liz Held (LB)
Arden Schneider (CS)
Camille Beckwith (LB)
Jeremiah Sullivan (CS)
Nancy Raginski (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.
