Friday, September 15, 2017

FOS: Magnolia Warbler and Gray Catbird

Captain Sam's
 With 85 new birds and 2 recaptures, today was our most productive day! We caught a Magnolia warbler and a Gray Catbird, two first of the season species. Our two most abundant bird species captured today were the Common Yellowthroat and the Red eyed Vireo. During the last hour Aaron cleared a new net lane to replace net 21, so we will be back up to the full 26 nets since the storm hit.

-Paul


Little Bear
Things finally picked up at Little Bear! A busy start turned into our biggest day of the season so far with 126 new birds and 11 recaptures. Common Yellowthroats were our most-caught bird of the day, and some highlights included a Magnolia Warbler, a recap of the Black-billed Cuckoo we banded last week, two Yellow-billed Cuckoos, two Cape May Warblers, an early House Wren, and two Common Ground-doves. Looking forward to some more busy days to come!

Magnolia Warbler (Hatch-year, sex unknown)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Hatch-year, sex unknown)
Common Ground-dove (After hatch-year, Female)


-Hannah


  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Common Ground-Dove
-
-
2
-
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
-
-
2
-
Black-billed Cuckoo
-
-
-
1
"Traill's" Flycatcher
-
-
3
-
White-eyed Vireo
-
-
-
1
Red-eyed Vireo
20
-
9
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
1
House Wren
-
-
1
-
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
3
Veery
2
-
-
-
Gray Catbird
1
-
-
-
Brown Thrasher
-
-
1
-
Yellow-breasted Chat
-
-
1
-
Ovenbird
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
13
-
Black-and-white Warbler
1
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
35
-
45
-
American Redstart
10
-
6
-
Cape May Warbler
1
-
2
-
Northern Parula
-
-
1
-
Magnolia Warbler
1
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
3
-
8
-
Black-throated Warbler
4
-
11
-
Palm Warbler (Western)
1
-
9
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
6
-
Northern Cardinal
-
-
-
3
Painted Bunting
3
-
4
2





 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
85
126
211
# of Recaptures
2
11
13
# of Species
17
24
27
Effort (net-hours)
131.5
110.0
231.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
66.2
124.5
96.8
# of Nets
25
20
45


Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Kristen Oliver (CS)
Brandon Connare (LB)
Paul Carroll (CS)
Hannah Conley (LB)