Today we banded 35 new birds with 7 recaptures of 10 different species. Although Common Yellowthroats have been and will continue to be the most commonly captured species for a while, we had a good number of White-eyed Vireos move through Kiawah this weekend. We banded 9 on Friday, 7 yesterday, and another 7 today bringing our total to 25 so far this year, and we still have several weeks of the "White-eye Vireo season" left. Last year we banded 41 over the entire season, so this might end up being a good year for White-eyed Vireos.
-Aaron
Little Bear
The relatively cool, cloudy weather we've been having for the past few days at Little Bear vanished this morning and once the sun got up in the sky the temperature climbed very rapidly and forced us to close down around 9:30. Despite the early shut-down we had a higher capture rate than yesterday, with 31 new birds and 6 recaptures, representing 13 different species. The significant decrease in net-hours did, however, mean the total number of birds was much lower.
The standing water in the site is continuing to recede. Many of the net-lanes that flooded in the storm are now surrounded by soggy mud, and the deeper wet spots are down to about 5 or 6 inches. We have our fingers crossed that the remaining water will drain away through the soil just as quickly, because the mosquitoes in the site have been very busy in the past few days and filled the flooded trails with tens of thousands of larva. No one (except maybe the mosquitoes themselves) wants to see them reach maturity and become airborne!
--Blaine
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
"Traill's" Flycatcher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Veery
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Ovenbird
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Black-and-white Warbler
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
| Common Yellowthroat |
16
|
-
|
11
|
2
|
American Redstart
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
Painted Bunting
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
2
|
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
35
|
31
|
66
|
| # of Recaptures |
7
|
6
|
13
|
| # of Species |
10
|
13
|
13
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
123.5
|
60.0
|
183.5
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
34.0
|
61.7
|
43.1
|
| # of Nets |
26
|
20
|
46
|
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Alison Nevins (LB)
Col Lauzau (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Michael Rodgers (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
