It slowed down a lot at Captain Sam's this morning with 66 new birds and 12 recaptures of 18 species. We lost our northwesterly winds, which explains the drop in numbers this morning. Gray Catbirds beat out Common Yellowthroats by one bird, which is a sign the catbirds are starting to move through in bigger numbers. We'll start to get hundreds more as the season progresses. On our first net round, we caught another Eastern Screech-Owl. We also had two first-of-the seasons between both sites, an Eastern Wood-Pewee and a Scarlet Tanager.
-Michael Gamble
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| Scarlet Tanager (hatch year, male) |
Little Bear
Little Bear was much slower this morning as well. We had 61 new birds and 15 recaptures of 14 species. Gray Catbirds were by far the most common bird of the day, with 30 new individuals, almost double the number of Common Yellowthroats.
This also might be the first day of the season where we did not catch a Prairie Warbler. As of right now we have banded 105 Prairie Warblers at Little Bear this season, over 60 more than were caught last year. It is likely that we've had so many more this year due to opening the station a few weeks earlier, as this species is one of the earliest warblers to migrate.
--Blaine
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Eastern Screech-Owl
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Wood-Pewee
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Tufted Titmouse
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
House Wren
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Veery
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Gray Catbird
|
20
|
1
|
30
|
2
|
Brown Thrasher
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
19
|
1
|
17
|
5
|
American Redstart
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Cape May Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Yellow Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Scarlet Tanager
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Painted Bunting
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
66
|
61
|
127
|
| # of Recaptures |
12
|
14
|
26
|
| # of Species |
18
|
14
|
23
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
132.6
|
70.0
|
202.6
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
58.8
|
107.1
|
75.5
|
| # 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 (CS)
