Yet another slow day on Captain Sam's. Another round of off shore storms threatened our morning and had us opening nets a little later. Once we did open, winds started to pick up. We were able to stay open, between the wind and sun and slow capture rates, enough to catch a total of 9 birds. One of the slowest capture days we have had yet with 3 recaptures and 6 newly banded birds. This left plenty of time to enjoy some of our resident species such as this after hatch-year Carolina Chickadee that paid us a visit.
-Kristen
 |
| Carolina Chickadee (After Hatch-year, unknown sex) |
Little Bear
It was a slow and breezy morning at
Little Bear with 10 new birds and 4 recaptures, comprised of 6 species. The lack of birds gave us the opportunity to
setup the last two remaining nets, bringing us up to 20 nets at Little
Bear. We should see our first real push
of migrants this weekend with a frontal boundary coming through tomorrow. The front may have a little rain and breezy conditions
associated with but we should still be able to operate the stations.
-Mattie
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Painted Bunting
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
6
|
10
|
16
|
| # of Recaptures |
3
|
4
|
7
|
| # of Species |
6
|
6
|
8
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
101.92
|
90.4
|
192.32
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
8.83
|
15.4
|
11.96
|
| # of Nets |
26
|
19
|
42
|
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Kristen Oliver (CS)
