Upon opening this morning it was quite apparent that we were in for a slow day, aside from the distant mewing of one or two catbirds the silence throughout our site was almost eerie. After getting only a few birds on our first net run it appeared that we were in for an even slower day than yesterday. However, we were saved by a few little flocks of Yellow-rumps which brought our daily total to 35 new birds and 14 recaptures of 5 different species. Our highlight of the day was an after hatch year male Eastern Towhee which was a recap that we banded last year.
-Sean
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| AHY male Eastern Towhee |
Little Bear
Despite the calm foggy conditions this morning, normally good for banding, there was a paucity of birds today with only 20 new birds and 9 recaptures trapped today. A new female Eastern Towhee was the bright spot of the morning along with our 67th new Northern Cardinal of the season.
The probable cause was the weather system that prevented us from banding yesterday moving further North overnight. This prevented any noticeable migration along the coast during the night. During its visit the weather system dropped a lot of rain on the site, which was already saturated from recent rain and high tides, so that net lanes that had dried out on Monday were now under water again.
We are now eagerly awaiting the next cold front...
- Chris
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| White-eyed Vireo Carolina Chickadee |
1 - |
- - |
- - |
- 2 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 30 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Eastern Towhee | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Song Sparrow | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 35 | 20 | 55 |
| # of Recaptures | 14 | 8 | 23 |
| # of Species | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 135.0 | 80.0 | 215.0 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 36.3 | 35.0 | 36.3 |
| Nets | 25 | 16 | 41 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Chris Snook (LB)
Nancy Raginski (CS)
Sean McElaney (CS)
Casey Weissburg (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (LB)
