Slow day but Ovenbird and Chat

As expected, it was a much slower day of banding with 22 new birds and 16 recaptures of 12 different species.  The winds are supposed to shift from the SE to the NE after midnight so maybe we will have a few more birds tomorrow.  Highlights from today included an Ovenbird and a Yellow-breasted Chat. It has been several weeks since we have banded either one. 

- Aaron

Yellow-breasted Chat (HY, male)

NEW BIRDS
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 House Wren
1 Veery
8 Gray Catbird
1 Palm Warbler (Western)
5 Common Yellowthroat
1 Ovenbird
1 Yellow-breasted Chat
3 Northern Cardinal

RECAPTURES
2 White-eyed Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Carolina Chickadee
1 House Wren
6 Gray Catbird
4 Painted Bunting
1 Northern Cardinal

BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded:  22
# of Recaptures:  16
# of Species:  12
Effort:  105 net-hours
Capture Rate:  36.2 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  20