Captain Sam's
The weather conditions were about the same out at Captain Sam's today. The wind had died down a little bit but we still had to keep some nets closed. We had better results today with 34 new birds banded and 15 recaptures of 14 species. The highlight of the day was a first-of-the season Sharp-shinned Hawk! It ended up being a hatch-year male, which are smaller than females. We can actually hold male Sharp-shinned Hawks in the bander's grip because of their small size. It was an interesting bird to see in the hand and I look forward to catching more as they arrive for the winter!
-Michael
Little Bear
With wind conditions improved from yesterday we were actually able to open all of our nets first thing this morning. As the morning wore on the wind picked up right to where it left off yesterday, but before that happened we were able to get some decent banding in. We captured 45 new birds and 4 recaptures for a total of 11 species. Our most common capture is still Gray Catbirds but the abundance of Yellow-rumped Warblers is definitely beginning to pick up. Although we only captured 7 today, their increased presence around the sight was apparent throughout the morning.
-Sean
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | - | - | - |
| Common-Ground Dove | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 | - | - | - |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | - | - |
| Carolina Chickadee | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| House Wren | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gray Catbird | 14 | 8 | 17 | 2 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 1 | - | - | - |
| Common Yellowthroat | 6 | 1 | 5 | - |
| American Redstart | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Palm Warbler (Western) | - | - | 2 | - |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | - | - | 7 | - |
| Prairie Warbler | - | - | 2 | - |
| Swamp Sparrow | 5 | - | 5 | - |
| Northern Cardinal | - | 1 | - | - |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 | - | - | - |
| Painted Bunting | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 34 | 45 | 79 |
| # of Recaptures | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| # of Species | 14 | 11 | 18 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 117.0 | 57.75 | 174.75 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 41.9 | 84.8 | 56.08 |
| Nets | 23 | 15 | 38 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Chris Snook (LB)
Nancy Raginski (LB)
Sean McElaney (LB)
Casey Weissburg (CS)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
