September 26, 2013

Despite the breezy conditions, we banded 36 new birds and had 20 recaptures of 14 different species.  Gray Catbirds were still the most common species today but Common Yellowthroats made a comeback after being absent yesterday including this interesting looking individual. 

There can be some variation in the amount of black and gray in the face of Common Yellowthroat but I have never seen one with that much gray before.   

 
- Aaron

NEW BIRDS
1 Common Ground-Dove
1 White-eyed Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 House Wren
1 Swainson's Thrush
12 Gray Catbird
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
4 Palm Warbler (Western)
2 Prairie Warbler
1 American Redstart
8 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Cardinal

RECAPTURES
2 Common Ground-Dove
1 Carolina Wren
3 White-eyed Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Gray Catbird
3 Common Yellowthroat
4 Painted Bunting
1 Northern Cardinal

BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded:  36
# of Recaptures:  20
# of Species:  14
Effort:  103.8 net-hours
Capture Rate:  53.9 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  20