Tuesday, November 4, 2014

FOS: White-crowned Sparrow and Brown Creeper

We banded 36 new birds and had 26 recaptures of 15 different species.  We had two new species for the season:  White-crowned Sparrow and Brown Creeper!  For both species, they represent only the 2nd ones ever banded at KIBS.  The first ones were banded back in the 2012 fall season.

White-crowned Sparrow (hatch-year, sex unknown)
Brown Creeper (hatch-year, sex unknown)


NEW BIRDS
1 Brown Creeper
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Hermit Thrush
4 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
1 Common Yellowthroat
18 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
3 Swamp Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow

RECAPTURES
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 White-eyed Vireo
2 Carolina Chickadee
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
9 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Swamp Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal

BANDING STATS
# of New Birds:  36
# of Recaptures:  26
# of Species:  15
Effort:  144.9 net-hours
Capture Rate:  42.8 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  23

BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given
Mattie VandenBoom
Libby Natola
William Oakley
Matt Zak