The morning started out with me sitting in the truck on the beach from about 6:00-7:15 am waiting for the rain showers to move through. Because of the strong south winds I decided to not open the 4 "dune" nets, net #21, and net #30. The rest of the nets were, surprisingly, not that affected by the wind.
Bird activity was extremely slow this morning. In fact, for the first 2.5 hours, I did not catch a single bird in any of the 20 nets that I had opened. Finally, around 11:00 am I netted the first of only 7 birds captured this morning. For a while, I really thought that today was going to be the first time I have ever been skunked during a day of banding. Fortunately, the last two net round of the morning produced 2 new birds and 5 recaptures of 5 different species.
The strong winds are going to continue into tomorrow but the threat of rain has diminished so I should be able to open on time tomorrow morning.
-Aaron
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Gray Catbird
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
2
|
-
|
2
|
| # of Recaptures |
5
|
-
|
5
|
| # of Species |
5
|
-
|
5
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
78.0
|
-
|
78.0
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
9.0
|
-
|
9.0
|
| # of Nets |
20
|
-
|
20
|
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
