October 8, 2014

It was a fairly slow day at the banding station with only 30 new birds and 23 recaptures made up of 13 species.  The lack of birds gave Aaron an opportunity to create a few new net lanes.  Currently at KIBS, we run 20 mist nets located in a mainly scrub-shrub and high marsh habitat.  The three lanes created today are setup in wax myrtle along the edge of the dunes, a habitat not occupied by our other nets.  Having these new net locations may allow us to capture few different species that prefer the more open habitat of the dunes.    

NEW BIRDS

1 Common Ground-Dove

2 Red-eyed Vireo

1 White-eyed Vireo

1 House Wren

1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

2 Swainson’s Thrush

15 Gray Catbird

1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat

1 American Redstart

4 Northern Cardinal

RECAPTURES
1 White-eyed Vireo

11 Gray Catbird

1 Northern Mockingbird

3 Ovenbird

3 Common Yellowthroat

2 American Redstart

2 Northern Cardinal

BANDING STATS
# of New Birds:  30
# of Recaptures:  23       
# of Species:  13
Effort:  115.0 net-hours
Capture Rate:  46.1 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  20

BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given

Mattie VandenBoom
William Oakley
Libby Natola
Matt Zak