The first day of the season was rather slow compared to previous years. We only had 26 new birds and 2 recaptures of 7 different species. It was actually a fairly typical mid-August banding session though. Most of the birds captured were juveniles (hatch-years) and represented local breeding species. We did see an American Redstart flitting through the trees near net # 15 but she was able avoid the nets.
NEW BIRDS
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
4 Carolina Chickadee
4 Carolina Wren
2 Prairie Warbler
6 Northern Cardinal
8 Painted Bunting
RECAPTURES
2 Carolina Wren
BANDING STATS
# of New Birds: 26
# of Recaptures: 2
# of Species: 7
Effort: 76.5 net-hours
Capture Rate: 36.6 birds/100 net-hours
# of Nets: 15
BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given
Ryan Donnelly
