The Final Day

CAPTAIN SAM'S 

Today was the last day of the 2016 fall migration banding season.  I put in a solid 6 hours before the wind got too strong.  Contrary to the weather forecast, the wind was calm for the first 3 hours but it was foggy - a really wet fog.  The air was so dense that is looked like it was raining as the moisture dripped off of the trees.

I only banded 3 new birds today but had 12 recaptures of 9 different species.  The last bird banded of the season was a hatch-year female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.  Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are probably one of the least photogenic species that we regularly handle but this one was quite content in my hand.  She only put a couple of small pin holes in my fingers before I let her go.  

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (hatch-year, female)

The last bird captured of the 2016 fall season was a recaptured hatch-year, female Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  She was banded back on November 16th and has been recaptured several times over the last two weeks.  She will most likely be spending the winter on site.  

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (hatch-year, female)

Over the next couple of days, I will be finalizing the data and will post the preliminary results of the 2016 fall season.  So, stay tuned!

-Aaron

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	2	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	1	-	-
Brown Thrasher	-	1	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	1	4	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	1	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	2	-	-

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3	-	3
# of Recaptures	12	-	12
# of Species	9	-	9
Effort (net-hours)	151.9	-	151.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	9.9	-	9.9
# of Nets	26	-	26

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)