1000th Gray Catbird

The early morning fog certainly did not deter the wave of Yellow-rumped Warblers that we banded today. A total of 134 birds were banded, 91 of which were Yellow-rumped Warblers. Today also marked a milestone for this year, as we banded our 1000th Gray Catbird. Our first Catbird for the season was caught on September 18th, which was also the day we banded our 1000th bird. 

NEW BIRDS
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
4 Hermit Thrush
6 Gray Catbird

1 Black-and-white Warbler
15 Common Yellowthroat

1 American Redstart

1 Palm Warbler (Western)
91 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
6 Swamp Sparrow

1 Indigo Bunting

1 Painted Bunting

RECAPTURES
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Carolina Chickadee
1 Carolina Wren

2 Brown Thrasher
10 Gray Catbird
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal

1 Painted Bunting

BANDING STATS
# of New Birds:  134
# of Recaptures:  19
Effort:  126.5 net-hours
Capture Rate:  120.5 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  23

BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given
Mattie VandenBoom
Libby Natola
Matt Zak    

William Oakley