October 29, Late Ruby-throated Hummingbird

It was a somewhat slow morning around the banding station, we caught 25 new birds and 17 recaptures representing 13 species. We did not band any remarkable new species, but we did capture a Ruby-throated Hummingbird today. It was quite late in the season for hummingbirds, the most recent ruby-throat that we caught this season was on September 12th. We also caught another Orange-crowned Warbler, bringing our total for this season up to four. 

Hatch Year Female Orange-crowned Warbler

NEW BIRDS

1 Red-eyed Vireo

1 Gray Catbird

1 Orange-crowned Warbler

4 Common Yellowthroat

3 Western Palm Warbler

11 Yellow-rumped Warbler

4 Swamp Sparrow

RECAPTURES

1 Tufted Titmouse

1 House Wren

1 Hermit Thrush

7 Gray Catbird

1 Common Yellowthroat

3 Yellow-rumped Warbler

1 Song Sparrow

1 Northern Cardinal

1 Indigo Bunting

BANDING STATS

# of New Birds: 25

# of Recaptures: 17

# of Species: 13

Effort: 126.5 net-hours

Capture Rate: 33.2 birds/100 net hours

# of Nets: 23

BANDING STAFF

Aaron Given

Mattie VandenBoom

William Oakley 

Libby Natola

Matt Zak