It was a rain-shortened day out at Captain Sam's. We had to close down the nets around 9:00am due to a light but steady rain. I believe we would have been in for a really good day of banding if we could have kept the nets open longer. We still banded 66 new birds and had 7 recaptures of 17 different species in about a 2.5 hour period. Highlights today included two Cape May Warblers (1 adult male and 1 adult female) and our first-of-the-season (for Captain Sam's) Indigo Bunting.
-Aaron
LITTLE BEAR
It was an overcast and windier day out at Little Bear this morning compared to yesterday, but not windy enough to cause us to close any nets. It did begin to rain a couple hours after opening and picked up around 9:30, causing us to close for the day. Even with having the nets open for a short period of time, we still had a pretty good number of birds! We banded 47 new birds and had 7 recaptures of 13 species. We also caught a first-of-the season Acadian Flycatcher! After analyzing all the measurements we came to the conclusion it was an Acadian due to its grey legs and large bill length and width. Yellow-bellied Flycatchers also have grey legs but the length and width of the bill was too large for a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher but in the range of the Acadian Flycatcher. Little Bear seems to be a great place for flycatchers, with already 5 flycatcher species caught this season!
-Michael
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| Acadian Flycatcher (hatch-year, sex unknown) Photo by Mattie VandenBoom |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| Acadian Flycatcher | - | - | 1 | - |
| White-eyed Vireo | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | - | - |
| Carolina Wren | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | - | - | 1 | - |
| Gray Catbird | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Ovenbird | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Northern Waterthrush | 5 | - | - | - |
| Common Yellowthroat | 36 | - | 30 | 2 |
| American Redstart | 8 | - | 5 | - |
| Cape May Warbler | 2 | - | - | - |
| Yellow Warbler | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
| Palm Warbler (Western) | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 | - | - | - |
| Painted Bunting | - | 2 | - | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 65 | 47 | 112 |
| # of Recaptures | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| # of Species | 17 | 13 | 19 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 54.25 | 33 | 87.25 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 130.9 | 160.6 | 142.1 |
| Nets | 22 | 10 | 32 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Chris Snook (LB)
Nancy Raginski (CS)
Sean McElaney (CS)
Casey Weissburg (CS)
Micheal Gamble (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
