Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Slow Down Continues...

CAPTAIN SAM'S/LITTLE BEAR
Despite north winds for the last three days, the radar has showed very little bird movement.  That has translated into very slow banding days lately.  We are not expecting things to pick up anytime soon but a cold front is expected at the end of next week.  There are still a lot of birds up north that have yet to make it down here.  We see this pattern every year around this time.  Most of the long-distance migrants (flycatchers, red-eyed vireos, most warblers, Swainson's Thrushes) have already moved through our area but many of the short-distance migrants (House Wrens, kinglets, Hermit Thrushes, Yellow-rumped Warblers, sparrows) are still working their way down to us.    

-Aaron


  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
White-eyed Vireo1---
Carolina Chickadee-112
Carolina Wren--12
House Wren212-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet1-1-
Gray Catbird7111617
Brown Thrasher--1-
Northern Mockingbird--11
Northern Waterthrush---1
Common Yellowthroat--11
American Redstart---1
Northern Parula1---
Palm Warbler (Western)1---
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1-7-
Swamp Sparrow3--2
Northern Cardinal--13
Painted Bunting--2-


 Banding Stats Captain Sam's Little Bear TOTAL
# Birds Banded
17
34
51
# of Recaptures
13
30
43
# of Species
9
14
17
Effort (net-hours)
125.0
80.0
205.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
24.0
80.0
45.9
Nets
25
16
41

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Chris Snook (LB)
Nancy Raginski (CS)
Sean McElaney (CS)
Casey Weissburg (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)

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