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 CAPTAIN SAMS

It was a pretty good day out at Captain Sams and we ended the morning with 53 newly banded birds and 17 recaptures of 10 species. With the end of the season approaching, me and the crew are looking forward to the next cold front, which should be arriving on Friday. Hopefully it brings with it lots of Myrtles for our last couple days!

-Olivia

LITTLE BEAR

Today was a little busier than I expected after things were pretty slow yesterday. We had 41 total birds today, with 34 new and 7 recaptures of 9 species. It was a kinda chilly morning, starting out at 47 degrees, and bird activity started picking up a little later today, around 8:00/8:30. Our busiest net rounds today were actually at 9:00 and 10:20, which I thought was interesting. Our numbers were boosted by the 25 yellow-rumps we caught today (23 new, 2 recap). There were many small flocks foraging in low wax myrtle trees, which put them at a perfect height to end up in our nets. A few of our recaptures today were older birds, one Northern Cardinal banded in 2023, and a Carolina Wren and Gray Catbird banded in 2024. We love to see that the older birds are still thriving out here!

-Liz

Species	Captain Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	-	-	1
Golden-crowned Kinglet	-	-	1	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	2	3	-
Carolina Wren	-	2	-	1
Gray Catbird	-	3	4	2
Hermit Thrush	1	2	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	-	2	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	1	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	-	-
Western Palm Warbler	-	-	1	-
Myrtle (yellow-rumped) Warbler	48	6	23	2
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	1
Painted Bunting	1	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	53	34	87
# of Recaptures	17	7	24
# of Species	10	9	13
Effort (net-hours)	174.9	129.6	304.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	40.0	31.6	35.8
# of Nets	33	27	60

2026 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,919	2,807	7,726
# of Recaptures	765	493	1,258
# of Species	86	79	101
Effort (net-hours)	12,838.4	9,255.2	22,093.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	44.3	35.7	40.0
# of Days	85	78

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (CS)

Liz Held (LB)

Olivia DeMarchi (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.