Another very good August day of banding with 55 new birds and 9 recaptures of 12 different species. We continue to get a lot of Prairie Warblers with another 25 banded today. Today's first-of-the season species included Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, and Northern Parula.
- Aaron
Northern Parula (Hatch year, female) |
NEW BIRDS
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Carolina Wren
1 Ovenbird
4 Northern Waterthrush
2 Black-and-White Warbler
3 Common Yellowthroat
4 American Redstart
1 Northern Parula
2 Yellow Warbler
25 Prairie Warbler
2 Northern Cardinal
7 Painted Bunting
RECAPTURES
2 Carolina Wren
1 Black-and-White Warbler
1 American Restart
1 Prairie Warbler
2 Northern Cardinal
2 Painted Bunting
BANDING STATS
# of New Birds: 55
# of Recaptures: 9
# of Species: 12
Effort: 116.0 net-hours
Capture Rate: 55.2 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets: 20
BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given
Mattie VandenBoom
Libby Natola
Matt Zak