Despite north winds for the last three days, the radar has showed very little bird movement. That has translated into very slow banding days lately. We are not expecting things to pick up anytime soon but a cold front is expected at the end of next week. There are still a lot of birds up north that have yet to make it down here. We see this pattern every year around this time. Most of the long-distance migrants (flycatchers, red-eyed vireos, most warblers, Swainson's Thrushes) have already moved through our area but many of the short-distance migrants (House Wrens, kinglets, Hermit Thrushes, Yellow-rumped Warblers, sparrows) are still working their way down to us.
-Aaron
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | - | - |
| Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Carolina Wren | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| House Wren | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Gray Catbird | 7 | 11 | 16 | 17 |
| Brown Thrasher | - | - | 1 | - |
| Northern Mockingbird | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Waterthrush | - | - | - | 1 |
| Common Yellowthroat | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| American Redstart | - | - | - | 1 |
| Northern Parula | 1 | - | - | - |
| Palm Warbler (Western) | 1 | - | - | - |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| Swamp Sparrow | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Northern Cardinal | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Painted Bunting | - | - | 2 | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
17
|
34
|
51 |
| # of Recaptures |
13
|
30
|
43 |
| # of Species |
9
|
14
|
17 |
| Effort (net-hours) |
125.0
|
80.0
|
205.0 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
24.0
|
80.0
|
45.9 |
| Nets |
25
|
16
|
41 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Chris Snook (LB)
Nancy Raginski (CS)
Sean McElaney (CS)
Casey Weissburg (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
