Today we had 110 new birds, and 13 recaptures for a total of 123 birds spanning 11 species. Only 10% (11 birds) of our new birds today were Gray Catbirds, compared to 53% one week ago, on Saturday, October 18th. As the number of new Catbirds dwindles, a new species has arrived to replace them. The 75 Yellow-rumped warblers we captured constituted 68% of our new birds today. This is a sign of things to come, as we expect the number of yellow-rumped warblers to keep increasing as we band into November. We banded 1054 yellow-rumps in the fall of 2013, and 1060 in 2012, so it is reasonable to expect that these birds are likely to keep us busy for the next several weeks.
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NEW BIRDS
2 House Wren
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 Hermit Thrush
11 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
7 Common Yellowthroat
2 Palm Warbler (Western)
75 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
3 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
RECAPTURES
9 Gray Catbird
3 Common Yellowthroat
1 Swamp Sparrow
BANDING STATS
# of New Birds: 110
# of Recaptures: 13
# of Species: 11
Effort: 126.5 net hours
Capture Rate: 97.2 birds/100 het-hours
# of Nets: 23
BANDING STAFF
Mattie VandenBoom
William Oakley
Matt Zak
Libby Natola
