It was a lot slower out at Captain Sam's this morning with 38 new birds and 16 recaptures of 17 species. We caught another Brown Creeper, making that 5 caught in the last 3 days after only catching one in all previous years at KIBS. We also caught another Red-winged Blackbird today, making that the second one of the season and ever banded at KIBS. It was also the first one I've ever banded. I caught many when I was banding and doing marsh sparrow research in New York, but we never banded our by-catch so it was nice finally getting the opportunity to band one. A couple other highlights from today were a Yellow Palm Warbler and Wilson's Warbler.
-Michael Gamble
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| Red-winged Blackbird (hatch-year, male) |
Little Bear
Today at Little Bear we caught only about half as many birds as yesterday, but that still meant we had 96 new birds and 28 recaptures. You know you've just come off of a very busy day when you cross the hundred bird mark and everyone thinks it's been a slow morning.
Like yesterday, Gray Catbirds and Yellow-rumped Warblers dominated the numbers, making up about 2/3 of our total. There were a few interesting birds in the mix though, as we did have our first-of-season Orange-crowned Warblers and a Yellow Palm Warbler (along with an individual of the more common Western subspecies). A few straggler warblers ended up in the nets as well, with two Prairie Warblers and another late Northern Waterthrush.
The wind pattern for the next few days seems likely to lead to a decrease in numbers. The next push of migrants will probably come sometime this upcoming weekend when the forecast calls for another shift in the winds.
--Blaine
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Brown Creeper
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
House Wren
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
Hermit Thrush
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
11
|
6
|
33
|
15
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Orange-crowned Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
American Redstart
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
Northern Parula
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Yellow)
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
|
11
|
-
|
36
|
3
|
Prairie Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Wilson's Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Song Sparrow
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
-
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
White-throated Sparrow
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
Indigo Bunting
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Red-winged Blackbird
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
38
|
96
|
134
|
| # of Recaptures |
16
|
28
|
44
|
| # of Species |
17
|
18
|
27
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
106.6
|
116.5
|
223.1
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
50.7
|
106.4
|
79.8
|
| # 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)
Nancy Raginski (CS)
