Friday, October 14, 2016

A Bunch of FOS's!

CAPTAIN SAM'S
We banded 66 new birds and had 10 recaptures of 19 different species today.  The most exciting bird of the day was a Red-winged Blackbird.  I band a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds each summer during my Painted Bunting project but this is the first time we have captured one during fall migration.  We also captured the first-of-the-season Blue-headed Vireo and Song Sparrow.

-Aaron


LITTLE BEAR
Blaine and Michael were very busy out at Little Bear today with 111 new birds and 14 recaptures of 21 different species.  They were up to their necks in Gray Catbirds with 71 of them banded this morning.  Mixed in with all those catbirds were some nice surprises including four first-of-the-seasons: Golden-crowned Kinglet, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Flicker, and Summer Tanager.

Today was the first time since October 4th that Little Bear has been operational because of the hurricane.  And after two days of hauling all the equipment back out to the site, clearing trails and net lanes of storm debris, and setting back up all 20 nets - it was nice to get back out there to do some banding!

-Aaron
Northern Flicker (Hatch year, female)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Hatch year, male)




  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2
-
1
-
Sharp-shinned Hawk
-
-
1
-
Downy Woodpecker
1
-
-
-
Northern Flicker
-
-
1
-
Alder Flycatcher
-
-
1
-
Eastern Phoebe
1
-
2
-
White-eyed Vireo
-
-
3
-
Blue-headed Vireo
1
-
-
-
Red-eyed Vireo
-
-
1
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
3
House Wren
3
-
5
-
Carolina Wren
-
-
-
2
Golden-crowned Kinglet
-
-
1
-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1
1
-
-
Swainson's Thrush
1
-
1
-
Gray Catbird
32
4
71
3
Brown Thrasher
-
-
-
2
Northern Waterthrush
-
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
7
-
13
-
American Redstart
1
-
-
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
3
-
1
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
3
-
5
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler
1
-
-
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
-
-
Song Sparrow
1
-
-
-
Summer Tanager
-
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
2
2
1
4
Painted Bunting
4
2
1
-
Red-winged Blackbird
1
-
-
-

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 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
66
111
177
# of Recaptures
10
14
24
# of Species
19
21
29
Effort (net-hours)
137.8
93.3
231.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
55.2
134.0
87.0
# of Nets
26
20
46

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Blaine Carnes (LB)
Mattie VandenBoom (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Michael Rodgers (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)