Captain Sam's
Today
at Captain Sam’s we had 8 new birds and 5 recaptures comprised of 11 species. We have finally made it passed the 500 new bird
mark for the season. At this point in
the season in past years, we have usually been well above 600 new birds for the
season. The low numbers are likely due
to the weather pattern we have been stuck in.
We have yet to have a cold front come through and overnight winds have
mainly been out of the south which is not conducive for fall migration. Though we haven’t had that many migrants the
past few days, it seems we have had a small dispersal of resident birds. Today we had several new Northern Cardinals
and a new Carolina Chickadee.
-Mattie
 |
| Carolina Chickadee (hatch-year, unknown sex) |
Little Bear
At Little Bear we had a total of 23 birds captured. Many of the birds were recaptures today which is a sign that the winds are currently holding the birds here instead of pushing them South. This allowed us another glimpse at a few birds we've had in the past but we did get a first of season Western Palm Warbler which was very exciting.
-Collette
 |
| First of season Palm Warbler |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
White-eyed Vireo
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Brown Thrasher
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Ovenbird
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
3
|
Yellow Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
Chestnut-sided Warbler
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Western Palm Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Yellow-breasted Chat
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
8
|
12
|
20
|
| # of Recaptures |
5
|
11
|
16
|
| # of Species |
10
|
11
|
15
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
124.8
|
70.0
|
194.0
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
10.4
|
32.8
|
18.5
|
| Nets |
26
|
20
|
46
|
Banding Staff
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Col Lauzau(LB)
Michael Gamble(CS)
Michael Rodgers (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
