Slow days continue...

Captain Sam's

Today we had a total of 10 birds captured at Captain Sam's. Five of the ten birds were Painted Buntings. During our last net run of the day we caught a beautiful male Mourning Dove. Mourning Doves are known for bouncing out of the nets so they often evade capture. It was a great end to an otherwise slow day. Other species banded today included Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, and a Northern Cardinal.

Little Bear

At Little Bear this morning, we had 10 new birds and 3 recaptures of 8 species. We had a few more migrants passing through compared to yesterday along with several hatch year Painted Buntings. The young Painted Buntings will continue to pass through the site as migration picks up. The weather looks the same for the rest of the week so we are expecting similar numbers. It is supposed to cool off a little by the weekend so we are hoping for more migrants to push through. We opened up another new net today at Little Bear, increasing our net total to 17. On the first day open, net 17 had its first two captures, which included a Northern Waterthrush and a Painted Bunting. We also caught another Common-Ground Dove (pictured below), which is always a nice bird to see in the hand, They seem to be doing well at the site since I seem to see a few everyday I am out there. From the picture, you can tell it is a male due to the large patches of iridescent bluish spots on the wing. Males will also get a bluish head, and their throat and breast will be rose or pink. Females may have a little blue on the head and rose on the throat and breast but will mostly be brown with brownish spots on the wing.  

-Michael

Common-Ground Dove (after hatch year, male) 

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Common-Ground Dove	-	-	1	-
Mourning Dove	1	-	-	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	-	-	1
Carolina Wren	-	-	1	1
Northern Waterthrush	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	1	-
American Redstart	2	-	-	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	1	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	1	-
Painted Bunting	2	3	4	1

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	6	10	16
# of Recaptures	4	3	7
# of Species	5	8	23
Effort (net-hours)	115	60.5	175.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	8.7	21.5	13.1
Nets	25	17	42

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (CS)
Col Lauzau (CS)
Michael Rodgers (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Ryan Donelly (LB)