The cuckoo we caught was a hatch year bird. We could tell its age by its yellow orbital ring (see photo below). As these birds age the orbital ring changes from yellow to gray, which is how we differentiate between hatch year and after hatch year birds.
NEW BIRDS
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Northern Waterthrush
4 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Painted Bunting
RECAPTURES
2 Carolina Chickadee
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Painted Bunting
BANDING STATS
# of Birds Banded: 11
# of Recaptures: 5
# of Species: 8
Effort: 104.0 net-hours
Capture Rate: 15.4 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets: 20
BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given
Mattie VandenBoom
Libby Natola
Will Oakley
