Saturday's Results

We had good day of banding with 106 new birds and 21 recaptures of 13 different species.  Yellow-rumped Warblers dominated with 86 banded.  Highlights included the 5th Red-breasted Nuthatch, the 2nd Field Sparrow, and the 3rd Yellow-bellied Sapsucker of the season!  

 

We also had another slew of migrants that had been banded in previous years:   

7 Yellow-rumped Warbler (2/19/10, 3/24/10, 11/08/10, 2/17/11, 3/7/11, 11/11/11, 11/25/11)

1 Eastern Towhee (4/13/11)

NEW BIRDS

1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

2 Hermit Thrush

2 Gray Catbird

86 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

2 Palm Warbler (Western)

1 Common Yellowthroat

2 Eastern Towhee

1 Field Sparrow

5 Swamp Sparrow

 

RECAPTURES

1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

3 Carolina Chickadee

1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

1 Hermit Thrush

5 Gray Catbird

8 Yellow-rumped Warbler

1 Eastern Towhee

1 Song Sparrow

 

BANDING STATS

# of Birds Banded:  106

# of Recaptures:  21

# of Species:  13

Effort:  91.8 net-hours

Capture Rate:  138.3 birds/100 net-hours

# of Nets:  17