We were short on staff and high on tide this morning so we only were able to open 8 nets. We banded 13 new birds and had 16 recaptures of 7 different species. All of the 13 new birds were Yellow-rumped Warblers as well as 6 of the recaptures. We did have 3 more returning Yellow-rumps each being banded on 1/17/11, 11/26/11, and 11/29/11.
We should be able to open up all of the nets in the morning and get back into the swing of things for the rest of the season.
NEW BIRDS
13 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
RECAPTURES
3 Carolina Chickadee
1 Carolina Wren
3 Gray Catbird
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded: 13
# of Recaptures: 16
# of Species: 7
Effort: 34.6 net-hours
Capture Rate: 83.8 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets: 8
