Captain Sam's
Compared to yesterday, today almost felt slow, despite still catching 108 new birds and 19 recaptures. We had good numbers of our usual species (Common Yellowthroats, Gray Catbirds, and Red-eyed Vireos), while also seeing an increase in Swainson's Thrushes and Western Palm Warblers. The weather has continued to be unseasonably warm, so we're looking forward to some cooler temperatures in the coming week.
-Hannah
Little Bear
Even though we had to close around 10:00AM again due to heat, we still exceeded our totals from yesterday with 184 new birds and 4 recaptures of 25 species. It was an even better morning for warblers with 16 species being caught at Little Bear alone. This included first-of-the seasons' Blackpoll, Nashville, and Blackburnian Warbler. We also caught 3 Tennessee Warblers and a Black-throated Green Warbler, which were both caught at Captain Sam's yesterday but are new for the season for Little Bear. Common Yellowthroats just barely beat out Palm Warblers, but the total of 57 Palm Warblers this morning already puts us ahead of the total number of Palm Warblers caught at Little Bear last year!
-Michael
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Black-throated Green Warbler (hatch-year, male)
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Blackburnian Warbler (hatch-year, female)
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Tennessee Warbler (hatch-year, sex unknown)
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Nashville Warbler (hatch-year, male)
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| Magnolia Warbler (after-hatch-year, male) |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
"Traill's" Flycatcher
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1
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-
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-
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-
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Red-eyed Vireo
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10
|
-
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2
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
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-
|
1
|
-
|
-
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Tufted Titmouse
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
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House wren
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
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Veery
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
13
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
14
|
5
|
11
|
-
|
Brown Thrasher
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
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Ovenbird
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4
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Black-and-white Warbler
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1
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Tennessee Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
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Nashville Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
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Common Yellowthroat
|
28
|
3
|
62
|
2
|
American Redstart
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
Cape May Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
| Northern Parula | - | - | 1 | - |
| Magnolia Warbler | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Blackburnian Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
| Yellow Warbler | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
| Blackpoll Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
| Black-throated blue Warbler | 5 | - | 11 | - |
| Palm Warbler (Western) | 16 | - | 57 | - |
| Prairie Warbler | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
| Indigo Bunting | - | - | 2 | - |
| Painted Bunting | - | 1 | - | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
127
|
180
|
307
|
| # of Recaptures |
19
|
4
|
23
|
| # of Species |
22
|
25
|
31
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
114.4
|
76.0
|
190.4
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
111.0
|
242.1
|
173.3
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| # of Nets |
26
|
20
|
46
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Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Kristen Oliver (CS)
Brandon Connare (CS)
Paul Carroll (LB)
Hannah Conley (CS)
