Captain Sam's
Today was a relatively slow but steady day. Some of the later migrating species are beginning to arrive such a first of the season Blue-headed Vireo. Bird activity dropped off by mid-morning which gave us ample time to do some much needed housekeeping. We have been banding nearly everyday for the last two months and in that time the nets have gotten torn by banders, snagged by branches and vines, and ripped by deer and bobcats. In preparation for Monday night's cold front, we decided to repair, resew, and patch up the holes in our nets. Repairing mist nets is a long, tedious process so as you can imagine we only barely scratched the surface today. More work to do tomorrow.
-Paul
Little Bear
Despite slight northeasterly winds this morning we had a pretty slow day out at Little Bear. Still plenty of Catbirds to go around and some good diversity. We enjoyed another after-hatch year female Common Ground-Dove and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher among the catbirds. Our atypical capture of the day was a small group of Tufted titmouse that followed each other into one of our nets. Last year at Little Bear we only banded four new Tufted Titmice, and today we captured three in one net alone. This might be a good year for them at Little Bear.
-Kristen
Today was a relatively slow but steady day. Some of the later migrating species are beginning to arrive such a first of the season Blue-headed Vireo. Bird activity dropped off by mid-morning which gave us ample time to do some much needed housekeeping. We have been banding nearly everyday for the last two months and in that time the nets have gotten torn by banders, snagged by branches and vines, and ripped by deer and bobcats. In preparation for Monday night's cold front, we decided to repair, resew, and patch up the holes in our nets. Repairing mist nets is a long, tedious process so as you can imagine we only barely scratched the surface today. More work to do tomorrow.
 |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
-Paul
Little Bear
Despite slight northeasterly winds this morning we had a pretty slow day out at Little Bear. Still plenty of Catbirds to go around and some good diversity. We enjoyed another after-hatch year female Common Ground-Dove and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher among the catbirds. Our atypical capture of the day was a small group of Tufted titmouse that followed each other into one of our nets. Last year at Little Bear we only banded four new Tufted Titmice, and today we captured three in one net alone. This might be a good year for them at Little Bear.
 |
| Tufted Titmouse |
-Kristen
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Common Ground-Dove
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
| Downy Woodpecker | - | 1 | - | - |
White-eyed Vireo
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Blue-headed Vireo
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Tufted Titmouse
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
House Wren
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
32
|
3
|
20
|
2
|
Brown Thrasher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Ovenbird
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Black-and-white Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
Cape May Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Indigo Bunting
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
| Painted Bunting | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
52
|
47
|
99
|
| # of Recaptures |
6
|
7
|
13
|
| # of Species |
9
|
18
|
21
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
130
|
102
|
232
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
44.6
|
52.9
|
48.3
|
| # of Nets |
26
|
20
|
46
|
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Kristen Oliver (LB)
Brandon Connare (CS)
Paul Carroll (CS)
Hannah Conley (LB)
