The number of new birds banded has slowly decreased throughout the week since our record breaking day on Tuesday. Today, we banded 47 new birds and had 22 recaptures of 13 different species. Gray Catbirds took the day again with 38 new and 10 recaptures. We got another Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and they will start arriving in greater numbers as the season progresses since they winter here. Another exciting capture was a House Wren that was banded last year out at Captain Sam's, most likely a winter resident on the spit. It looks like another front will be coming in Saturday night into Sunday morning so we should return to high numbers Sunday into Monday! Also, we hope to get back out to Little Bear Sunday morning, just in time for the front.
-Michael
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| Downy Woodpecker | - | 1 | - | - |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 | - | - | - |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| House Wren | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Carolina Wren | - | 2 | - | - |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gray Catbird | 38 | 10 | - | - |
| Northern Waterthrush | - | 1 | - | - |
| Common Yellowthroat | - | 1 | - | - |
| American Redstart | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
| Painted Bunting | - | 2 | - | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 47 | - | 47 |
| # of Recaptures | 22 | - | 22 |
| # of Species | 13 | - | 13 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 135.0 | - | 135.0 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 51.1 | - | 51.1 |
| Nets | 25 | - | 25 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Chris Snook (CS)
Nancy Raginski (CS)
Sean McElaney (CS)
Casey Weissburg (CS)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
