FOS: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Captain Sam's

Today was similar to the last few days with 6 new birds and 5 recaptures of 10 different species.  We had surprisingly high species diversity considering that we only banded 11 birds.  We started off the morning with our 2^nd Eastern Screech-Owl of the season, who happened to fly into a net while we were still in the process of opening it.  We also had our first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the season.  Sadly, we are unable to band hummingbirds because a special permit is required.  Hummingbird bands do not have the standard nine numbers found on other bird bands.  There is limited space on the bands for numbers which limits the quantity of unique band that can be produced.  They often reserve the permits and bands for people who are doing specific studies on hummingbirds.          
 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (hatch-year, male)

Little Bear 
 At Little Bear we had 7 new birds and 3 recaptures of 5 different species. Since the capture rate was so low we had a lot of free time between checking the nets, and we used it to set up another new net lane, bringing the total nets at the site up to 17. If the predicted east winds keep things slow for the next few days then we should have all 20 planned nets up by midweek.

--Blaine

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	x	-	-	-
Eastern Screech-Owl	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren		1	-	1
Northern Mockingbird	-	1	-	-
Prothonotary Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	-	-
American Redstart	1	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	1	2
Painted Bunting	1	1	3	-

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	6	7	13
# of Recaptures	5	3	8
# of Species	10	5	10
Effort (net-hours)	110.0	56.0	166
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	10.0	17.9	12.7
Nets	25	16	41

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)