The weather finally cooperated and I got back out to the banding station today. Unfortunately, the birds did not. . . I only banded 12 new birds and had 15 recaptures of 7 different species. Often this time of year recaptures outnumber new birds - as was the case today. Among the recaptures today were several interesting returns:
White-throated Sparrow: 3/20/13
White-throated Sparrow: 11/13/12
Song Sparrow: 11/28/12
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 11/24/09
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 11/09/11
- Aaron
NEW BIRDS
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Brown Thrasher
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
RECAPTURES
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler
4 Northern Cardinal
1 Song Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded: 12
# of Recaptures: 15
# of Species: 7
Effort: 112.0 net-hours
Capture Rate: 24.1 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets: 20
