Captain Sam's
It was not as busy as we were hoping but we still had a good
day with 50 new birds and 18 recaptures, comprised of 13 species. Most of the action happened in the first run,
when a small flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers decided to fly into one net. Since we are in midst of our Yellow-rumped
Warbler season, I believe it is the perfect time to share a post on how we
determine the age and sex of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Back in 2012, Aaron wrote an in depth post on
aging and sexing Yellow-rumped Warblers which can be seen by clicking this
link: Aging and Sexing Yellow-rumps
-Mattie
A slow morning with high winds that increased after dawn forced an early shut down of nets. This lead to a total of 11 new birds and 2 recaptures.
The highlight of the shortened session was our 3rd Field Sparrow for the season. During a net round out on the dunes 100's of Tree Swallows were feeding over the salt marsh with the early morning sun light glinting off their wings.
- Chris
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 1 | - | - | - |
| Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | - | - |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 8 | - | 1 | - |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gray Catbird | 1 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
| Common Yellowthroat | - | - | 1 | - |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 34 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Field Sparrow | - | - | 1 | - |
| Song Sparrow | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Swamp Sparrow | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 | - | - | - |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 50 | 11 | 61 |
| # of Recaptures | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| # of Species | 13 | 8 | 15 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 146.5 | 31.4 | 177.9 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 46.4 | 41.4 | 45.5 |
| Nets | 25 | 15 | 40 |
Banding Staff
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Chris Snook (LB)
Nancy Raginski (LB)
Casey Weissburg (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
