Not much going on at the Kiawah Island Banding Station these days - bird activity is very slow. Unfavorable conditions exist across the Eastern U.S. for any major migration activity along the South Carolina coast. We only banded 10 new birds and had 6 recaptures of 6 different species.
I was notified today by the Bird Banding Lab that a Yellow-rumped Warbler that I banded two winters ago on 03/07/12 was recovered on 06/21/13 in Quebec, Canada. Unfortunately, the bird was found dead. These reason given was that it was "caught due to striking: stationary object other than wires or towers". My guess is that it fell victim to a window strike.
- Aaron
NEW BIRDS
3 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Prairie Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Waterthrush
2 Painted Bunting
RECAPTURES
1 Northern Cardinal
5 Painted Bunting
BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded: 10
# of Recaptures: 6
# of Species: 6
Effort: 98.0 net-hours
Capture Rate: 16.3 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets: 20
