It was another good morning out at Captain Sam's with 91 new birds and 24 recaptures of 13 different species. Yellow-rumped Warblers continue to lead the way with 56 being captured. This is only the beginning of the Yellow-rumps so hopefully they will have a good year compared to last year. We also caught another Common Ground-Dove, this one being an after-hatch-year male.
It looks like the weekend may be slower than it has been the last few days since we will have south winds overnight, which is not conducive to migration. Although, there is another cold front arriving Sunday night with northwest winds so it should pick up again!
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Common Ground-Dove (after-hatch-year, male)
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We finished our day with 72 new birds and 18 recaptures of 18 different species. One of those 90 birds was Little Bear's 3000th of the season! It was probably a Gray Catbird, maybe a Yellow-rumped Warbler.
But maybe, however, it was this handsome second-year male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker:
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| We determined that this bird was in his second year by looking at his flight feather molt The browner cluster of primary covert feathers were retained from his first year, while all of the black feathers were replaced recently |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Common Ground-Dove
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Eastern Phoebe
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
House Wren
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
Hermit Thrush
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
15
|
15
|
21
|
11
|
Eastern Towhee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Baltimore Oriole
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Orange-crowned Warbler
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
10
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
Northern Parula
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
| American Redstart |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (western)
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
|
54
|
2
|
28
|
-
|
| Northern Cardinal | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | - | - | 1 | - |
| Painted Bunting | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
91
|
72
|
163
|
| # of Recaptures |
24
|
18
|
42
|
| # of Species |
13
|
18
|
22
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
148.2
|
120.0
|
268.2
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
77.6
|
75.0
|
76.4
|
| # of Nets |
26
|
20
|
46
|
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Kristen Oliver (LB)
Brandon Connare (LB)
Paul Carroll (CS)
Hannah Conley (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
