The slowdown continued into today, with just 23 new birds banded and 22 recaptures, of 10 species. Yellow-rumped Warblers continue to be the majority of our new birds, as expected, at 56% today. These slow days are not that unusual for this late in the migratory season, but we are still looking hopefully forward to a cold front this weekend.
-Casey
Little Bear
Yet another very slow morning out at Little Bear, aside from a few flocks of Yellow-rumped warblers most of our net runs came up empty. Although today was yet another slow day we still did better than yesterday. We had more new birds today than we had total birds yesterday, with 27 new birds and 8 recaptures we caught 6 different species today.
-Sean
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| White-eyed Vireo | - | 1 | - | - |
| Carolina Wren | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Hermit Thrush | - | 1 | - | - |
| Gray Catbird | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 1 | - | - | - |
| Palm Warbler (Western) | - | - | 1 | - |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 13 | 7 | 16 | - |
| Song Sparrow | 1 | - | - | - |
| Swamp Sparrow | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Painted Bunting | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 23 | 27 | 50 |
| # of Recaptures | 22 | 8 | 30 |
| # of Species | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 131.25 | 84 | 215.25 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 34.3 | 41.6 | 37.2 |
| Nets | 25 | 16 | 41 |
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)
