The Last of the Thunderstorms

 CAPTAIN SAMS

We were able to make it out this morning but it only lasted a couple hours as thunderstorms moved in around 9am. In that time, we captured 5 new birds and 8 recaptures of 9 species. Now that the rain has passed, the birds should begin migrating again over the next couple of days.

-Michael

LITTLE BEAR

Wet. Very wet. Super ultra extra fully soaking wet. That about sums up our day at Little Bear! As Liz and I drove up to LB this morning there was a bit of light show over the ocean, but birds be needing some bands I say! Around 8-8:30 Liz saw some weather moving our way so at 8:50 we started to close down nets. Liz and I both got two nets done before the first bout of rain absolutely dumped on us. We ran ahead to collapse the rest and the rain let up. After meeting up and furrowing like one more net the rain came back for revenge, this time it was angry. Thunder! Lightning! Tornadoes! Hurricanes! Earthquakes! Dragons! As the wrath of Gaia reigned upon us we tried our best to furrow the nets and get back. The storm let up as we got back and we walked to the truck in defeat. Sopping, wet, defeat. Before this all happened we were able to catch a whole 12 birds, 5 of which were recaps! Remember your rain coats people!

-Aiden

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	-	-	1	-
Northern House Wren	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	2	-	2
Gray-cheeked Thrush	-	-	1	-
Swainson's Thrush	1	-	-	-
Ovenbird	-	-	1	-
Northern Waterthrush	-	1	-	1
Common Yellowthroat	1	2	3	1
American Redstart	1	-	-	-
Black-and-white Warbler	-	1	1	-
Cape May Warbler	2	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	-	-	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	5	7	12
# of Recaptures	8	5	13
# of Species	9	8	13
Effort (net-hours)	66.0	61.6	127.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	19.7	19.5	19.6
# of Nets	33	28	61

2026 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,250	1,775	5,025
# of Recaptures	460	196	656
# of Species	67	60	81
Effort (net-hours)	8,182.5	5,524.2	13,706.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	45.3	35.7	41.4
# of Days	55	47

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (CS)

Liz Held (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.