Monday's Results

We banded 50 new birds and 4 recaptures of 5 different species.  Today is a good representation of what a typical mid-November banding day at KIBS is like - lots of Yellow-rumps with a smattering of sparrows and maybe 1 uncommon species thrown in.  Today's highlight was the Orange-crowned Warbler!  We have banded several Orange-crowns already this season but this is the first one that actually had an orange crown.  The presence of a large orange crown patch is more indicative of males however adult females can also have a small patch.  In fact it is possible that hatch-year females can sport a tiny orange patch.  The following bird was aged as a hatch-year based on the yellowish corners of the outer greater coverts and it was sexed as a male based on the large patch of orange feathers on top of its head. 

Orange-crowned Warbler (hatch-year, male)



Orange-crowned Warbler (hatch-year, male)



NEW BIRDS

2 Gray Catbird

1 Orange-crowned Warbler

45 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

1 Swamp Sparrow

1 White-throated Sparrow

 

RECAPTURES

2 Gray Catbird

2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

 

BANDING STATS

# of Birds Banded:  50

# of Recaptures:  4

# of Species:  5

Effort:  85.0 net-hours

Capture Rate:  63.5 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  17