Kiawah Island Banding Station

 CAPTAIN SAMS

Same ole, same ole. Slow, windy, and flooded. We captured 30 new birds and 6 recaptures of 17 species. We were able to flush some marsh sparrows into a net during high tide with all our free time. 

Seaside Sparrow (after hatch year, sex unknown)

-Michael
 

LITTLE BEAR

Another day with king tides, but with slightly more bird activity. We ended up with 29 new birds and 8 recaps of 14 species today. Today we banded our 4th Eastern Towhee of the season and saw a little push of Eastern Phoebes with 5 banded today. They've arrived just in time to help keep the mosquito population at bay. I see them scattered around the station, sallying out over the flooded areas to hunt. Another highlight from today was a late hatch year male Prairie Warbler. 

-Liz

Species	Captain Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Eastern Phoebe	1	-	5	-
Golden-crowned Kinglet	1	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Northern House Wren	1	-	1	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	2
Gray Catbird	4	2	4	5
Hermit Thrush	1	-	-	-
Seaside Sparrow	2	-	-	-
Saltmarsh Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Savannah Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Song Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	2	-
Eastern Towhee	-	-	1	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	-	1	-
Black-and-white Warbler	-	-	-	1
Common Yellowthroat	3	1	2	-
Cape May Warbler	1	-	-	-
Western Palm Warbler	-	-	3	-
Myrtle (yellow-rumped) Warbler	10	-	4	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	1	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-
Indigo Bunting	1	-	-	-
Painted Bunting	-	1	4	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	30	29	59
# of Recaptures	6	8	14
# of Species	17	14	24
Effort (net-hours)	172.25	120.4	292.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	20.9	30.7	24.9
# of Nets	33	28	61

2026 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,267	2,511	6,778
# of Recaptures	623	404	1,027
# of Species	83	76	98
Effort (net-hours)	10,751.4	7,567.8	18,319.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	45.5	38.5	42.6
# of Days	71	64

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (CS)

Liz Held (LB)

Olivia DeMarchi (LB)

Jasmine Fu (CS)

Aiden Gifford (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.