They're Back...

Although the winds were high, they did not prevent the capture of 106 new birds and 6 recaptures.  Birds of note included our fourth Blue Grosbeak, our second Tennessee Warbler, and the first two Yellow-rumped (or Myrtle) Warblers of the season.  These butterbutts, as we like to call them, are the first of a wave of buttery goodness that will flow down through Kiawah over the next few months.  Eventually the total number of Myrtle Warblers will outnumber the Catbirds, who currently reign in second place.  And speaking of Catbirds:




Interesting Catbird with an unusual white wing patch

Another interesting bird was a Yellow or Eastern Palm Warbler, a subspecies of the Palm Warbler.  These birds are typically larger and more yellow than the Western Palm Warbler, which is the more common subspecies on Kiawah.

Yellow Palm Warbler

New Birds
1 Common Ground-dove
2 Red-eyed Vireo
1 House Wren
1 Swainson's Thrush
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Myrtle Warbler
44 Common Yellowthroat
1 Yellow Palm Warbler
3 Western Palm Warbler
2 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Blue Grosbeak
26 Gray Catbird
12 Indigo Bunting
1 Painted Bunting
3 Swamp Sparrow

Recaptures
1 Painted Bunting
5 Gray Catbird

Banding Stats
# OF BIRDS BANDED: 106
# OF RECAPS: 6
# OF SPECIES: 19
EFFORT: 87.7 NET-HOURS
CAPTURE RATE:  127.7 BIRDS/100 net-hours
# OF NETS: 18