Sunday's Results

Sorry I missed yesterday's post - I was not feeling well after banding but I just posted yesterday's results here:  http://kiawahislandbanding.blogspot.com/2012/09/saturdays-results_23.html 

 

We banded 60 new birds and had 1 recapture of 15 species today.  Palm Warblers gave Common Yellowthroats a run for their money early in the morning, but Palms were eventually edged out by the end of the day.  We had a good diversity of species as well as two new species for the 2012 fall season:  House Wren and Wood Thrush.  

 

I am predicting that the next two days will be very good for banding with north winds and much cooler temperatures.  Unfortunately for the Chicago Cubs (which I am currently watching as I write this post), the wind is blowing in from left field but that is the right direction for good bird migration!



Magnolia Warbler (after hatch-year, male)




House Wren (after hatch-year, sex unknown)




Wood Thrush (hatch-year, sex unknown)



NEW BIRDS

1 Common Ground-Dove

1 White-eyed Vireo

1 House Wren

1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

4 Swainson's Thrush

1 Wood Thrush

1 Magnolia Warbler

8 Black-throated Blue Warbler

14 Palm Warbler

4 American Redstart

21 Common Yellowthroat

1 Yellow-breasted Chat

1 Indigo Bunting

1 Painted Bunting

 

RECAPTURES

1 Northern Cardinal

 

BANDING STATS

# of New Birds:  60

# of Recaptures: 1

# of Species:  15

Effort:  73.6 net-hours

Capture Rate:  82.9 birds/100 net-hours

# of Nets:  16