Captain Sam's
It was a pretty slow day at Captain Sam's today with only 35 new birds and 18 recaptures of 13 species. We caught another American Goldfinch and this one happened to be a male, which was really nice to see in the hand since they have dark black wings compared to the duller brown females we've been catching.
We also heard and saw a Red-breasted Nuthatch around the banding station today. It was the first one I've ever seen so hopefully we can get one in one of our nets in the coming days. A cold front is pushing in over the weekend that will hopefully bring in more birds than we've been seeing over the past few days.
-Michael
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| American Goldfinch (hatch-year, male) |
Little Bear
Although today was another average mid-November day at Little Bear, it was better than yesterday, with 33 new birds and 2 recaps of 11 species, two of which were new for the season: Wood Thrush and... a Green Heron!!
Both birds were unexpected. Wood Thrushes usually come through in the first half of October, and although we had a few bounce out of nets at Captain Sam's, none were ever captured until today. The Green Heron is the first ever banded here; our passerine nets are really not made to keep species of this heft and strength, so it was pure chance that I was walking up to the net when the bird hit it!
We are looking forward to seeing what this weekend's cold front will bring us!
-Casey
We are looking forward to seeing what this weekend's cold front will bring us!
-Casey
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| Green Heron (Hatch-year, sex unknown) |
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| Green Heron (Hatch-year, sex unknown) |
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| Wood Thrush (Hatch-year, sex unknown) Photos by Casey Weissburg |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| Green Heron | - | - | 1 | - |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 | - | - | - |
| Carolina Chickadee | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Hermit Thrush | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Wood Thrush | - | - | 1 | - |
| American Robin | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gray Catbird | 4 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Ovenbird | 1 | - | - | - |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 17 | 6 | 19 | - |
| Field Sparrow | - | - | - | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Swamp Sparrow | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Eastern Towhee | - | 1 | - | - |
| Painted Bunting | 1 | - | - | - |
| American Goldfinch | 1 | - | - | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 35 | 33 | 68 |
| # of Recaptures | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| # of Species | 13 | 11 | 17 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 147.5 | 86.25 | 233.75 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 35.3 | 40.6 | 37.2 |
| Nets | 25 | 15 | 40 |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Chris Snook (LB)
Nancy Raginski (LB)
Casey Weissburg (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
