Winter Birds Are Arriving . . .

Today was somewhat uneventful, with 58 new birds banded and 33 recaps (20 of them catbirds).  Catbirds are now the most numerous species at KIBS as most of the Common Yellowthoats have moved through to more southerly latitudes.  We did not get any first-of-seasons, but birds of note included a Brown Thrasher and two Blue Grosbeaks. 

- Vicki

NEW BIRDS

3 Eastern Phoebe

1 White-eyed Vireo

6 House Wren

3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

23 Gray Catbird

1 Brown Thrasher

11 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

1 Common Yellowthroat

2 Blue Grosbeak

2 Indigo Bunting

2 Painted Bunting

3 Swamp Sparrow 

RECAPTURES

1 White-eyed Vireo

1 Carolina Wren

1 House Wren

20 Gray Catbird

1 Northern Mockingbird

1 Northern Parula

1 Black-and-white Warbler

2 Common Yellowthroat

3 Painted Bunting

1 Northern Cardinal

1 Eastern Towhee 

BANDING STATS

# of Birds Banded: 58

# of Recaptures: 33

# of Species: 18

Effort: 101.4 net-hours

Capture Rate: 89.7 birds/100 net-hours

# of Nets: 20