Captain Sam's experienced yet another slow day with 17 new birds banded along with 11 recaptures. One species that stood out from the Common Yellowthroats and Gray Catbirds today was the Swainson's Thrush. Similar in appearance to the Hermit Thrush, the Swainson's Thrush is a medium sized thrush that is typified by its upward spiraling call. During fall migration this thrush can be seen across the country, mainly feeding on berries as it makes it's way as far south as Argentina. Another bird of note that was captured today was a recaptured male Northern Cardinal. This bird is interesting because it had been captured and banded as a hatch-year on 9/12/2011. He has since been captured 12 times. The oldest cardinal on record is 15 years and 9 months. We hope to see our Cardinal in the future.
-Ryan Donnelly
Little Bear
It was a slower day at Little Bear this morning with 42 new birds and 6 recaptures of 19 species. It was still a pretty good morning numbers wise considering we had to close early again due to heat. Gray Catbirds just beat out Common Yellowthroats as the most caught species. We caught another Yellow-billed Cuckoo and several more Yellow Warblers. Unlike Captain Sam's, Little Bear has been catching a considerable amount of Yellow Warblers lately. We had another 11 the other day, giving us a total of 37 Yellow Warblers for the season so far compared to only 22 at Captain Sam's. It looked like a cold front would arrive Thursday night, leading us to believe we'd be really busy with birds Friday morning but now, the front doesn't look as promising. We'll probably get a push of birds but not in the numbers we were hoping for but maybe that will change.
-Michael Gamble
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
2
|
Brown Thrasher
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
6
|
1
|
10
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Magnolia Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Yellow Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Yellow-breasted Chat
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Painted Bunting
|
-
|
1
|
5
|
-
|
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
17
|
42
|
59
|
| # of Recaptures |
11
|
6
|
17
|
| # of Species |
13
|
19
|
20
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
136.9
|
60.0
|
196.9
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
20.5
|
80.0
|
38.6
|
| # of Nets |
26
|
20
|
46
|
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (LB)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Col Lauzau (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
