Wednesday, August 23, 2017

FOS: Indigo Bunting and Eastern Wood-Pewee

Captain Sam's
Much like yesterday today was also hot and humid. Though we had a little more of a breeze and an off shore storm bringing a little cool air, we still had a slow day. With recaptures almost equaling our newly banded birds, we are starting to see the effects of not so much migration movement on Captain Sam's. The local resident birds have started to learn where the nets are and migrants are few and far between. However, cold fronts are in the forecast and reassuring us that things may pick up soon enough.

-Kristen

Little Bear
It was a more comfortable morning out at Little Bear with a breeze and a beautiful sunrise accentuated by the offshore thunderstorms. The offshore thunderstorms also provided us with shade for half the morning, which was a nice change from the full sun we consistently get at the banding table. We had a pretty slow day with 15 new birds and 1 recapture of 9 species, which included first-of-the season Indigo Bunting and Eastern Wood-Pewee. Both of these species were a surprise since we usually catch the first ones later in the fall around mid to late September.

Also, if anyone was curious, yes...the gator did make an appearance again later in the morning. He showed up in front of one of our nets but then disappeared about 5 minutes later, leaving us uneasy to where he ran off to so quickly.

-Michael


Offshore thunderstorm 


Eastern Wood-Pewee (after hatch-year, sex unknown)




  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Eastern Wood-Pewee
-
-
1
-
Red-eyed Vireo
1
-
1
-
Carolina Chickadee 
-
-
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
1
5
1
Northern Mockingbird
1
1
-
-
Ovenbird
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
1
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal 
-
2
1
-
Indigo Bunting 
-
-
1
-
Painted Bunting 
2
1
3
-






 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
7
15
22
# of Recaptures
5
1
6
# of Species
8
9
11
Effort (net-hours)
112.7
90.0
202.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
10.6
17.8
13.8
# of Nets
26
18
44


Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Kristen Oliver (CS)