CAPTAIN SAMS
Today was one of the slowest days we've had at Captain Sams in some time. Our early morning was interrupted by rain, which prevented us from opening on time and pushed us back by an hour. We were only able to capture six new birds and recaptured seven, for a grand total of 13 birds captured. Although uneventful, we caught a late Black-throated Blue Warbler which was unexpected for the day. Weather does not look like it will cooperate with us over the next few days. Furthermore, we are expecting another hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast and storms will potentially reach us sometime this upcoming weekend. Hopefully we can get a few more quality weather days in before the end of the season, which is coming up fast!
-Noah Nei
Today started out slower than we typically do. The early morning rain had us starting 2 hours later. Fighting with the wet nets and the vegetation we managed to capture a total 4 of birds.
I think overall it was a good attempt to see what might be hanging around after the storm cleared up. We saw a lot of local birds flying around and chattering. Hopefully tomorrow picks up a bit more for us.
-Kristin
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker | - | 1 | - | - |
Gray Catbird | 1 | 3 | - | 2 |
Song Sparrow | 1 | - | - | - |
Swamp Sparrow | - | - | - | 1 |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle subspecies) | 3 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| # of Recaptures | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| # of Species | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 130.2 | 88.4 | 218.6 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 10.0 | 4.5 | 7.8 |
| # of Nets | 32 | 26 | 58 |
| 2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 4,918 | 3,170 | 8,088 |
| # of Recaptures | 1,080 | 885 | 1,965 |
| # of Species | 87 | 86 | 101 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 13,283.6 | 8,503.0 | 21,786.6 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 45.2 | 47.7 | 46.1 |
| # of Days | 81 | 71 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)