Saturday, September 28, 2013

September 28, 2013

Another windy day but we still banded 64 new birds and had 11 recaptures of 14 different species.  We captured all three regularly occurring mimids during the same net-round which made for a good "family" portrait. 

- Aaron


Northern Mockingbird (left), Brown Thrasher (center), Gray Catbird (right)

 
NEW BIRDS
6 White-eyed Vireo
4 Red-eyed Vireo
1 House Wren
13 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Brown Thrasher
2 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Black-and-White Warbler
31 Common Yellowthroat
1 Indigo Bunting
2 Painted Bunting
1 Eastern Towhee

RECAPTURES
1 Carolina Chickadee
4 White-eyed Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
2 American Redstart

BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded:  64
# of Recaptures:  11
# of Species:  14
Effort:  102.0 net-hours
Capture Rate:  73.5 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  20