September 6, 2015

Much to our disappointment the bird activity dropped back down, leaving us with 36 new birds and 7 recaptures made up of 12 species.  As always during this time of the season Common Yellowthroat was the dominant species with 25 of them being banded.      

After weeks of preparation, we are excited to announce that the Little Bear banding station is setup and ready to go starting tomorrow.  The new banding site is located on the east end of Kiawah Island, which is the opposite end from our current banding station.  Both stations will be operated concurrently from now through the middle of November.  We can’t wait to see what surprises Little Bear has in store for us.    

NEW BIRDS

1 White-eyed Vireo

2 Red-eyed Vireo

1 Ovenbird

1 Northern Waterthrush

25 Common Yellowthroat

1 Black and White Warbler

1 American Redstart

1 Prairie Warbler

5 Painted Bunting

RECAPTURES

1 Carolina Wren

1 Veery

2 Northern Cardinal

3 Painted Bunting

BANDING STATS

# of Birds Banded:  36

# of Recaptures: 7

# of Species:  12

Effort:  114.5 net-hours

Capture Rate:  37.6 birds/100 net-hours

BANDING STAFF

Aaron Given

Mattie VandenBoom

Chris Snook

Nancy Raginski

Michael Gamble

Casey Weissburg

Sean McElaney

Ryan Donnelly