Although fairly slow, we caught a number of interesting birds at Captain Sam's today. Our highlights included two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, a Yellow-breasted Chat, Savannah Sparrow, and a second-year male Sharp-shinned Hawk.
We also recaptured three Yellow-rumped Warblers that were banded here in previous years. One female warbler was banded at KIBS in the fall of 2012 as an after hatch-year, meaning she is at least six years old! Today was the first time she has been captured since that fall.
After hatch-year Savannah Sparrow |
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Little Bear
It was a typical November morning at
Little Bear with 32 new birds and 13 recaptures, comprised of 11 species. Most of the birds banded were captured during
the first 3 runs with only 3 birds being captured in the last 4 hours of
the day. However, we did have several
noteworthy recaptures including a Gray Catbird that was banded as an adult on
10/29/2015 and a Song Sparrow that was originally banded as a hatch-year on
11/17/2016. It’s likely that tomorrow
will be similar but a front will be moving in by Thursday, hopefully bringing
in some more of our winter birds.
-Mattie
Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
House Wren
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Hermit Thrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
9
|
Brown Thrasher
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Savanna Sparrow
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Song Sparrow
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
Yellow-breasted Chat
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Orange-crowned Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (western)
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
|
22
|
3
|
17
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded |
37
|
32
|
69
|
# of Recaptures |
13
|
13
|
26
|
# of Species |
15
|
11
|
19
|
Effort (net-hours) |
167.4
|
120.0
|
287.4
|
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
29.3
|
37.5
|
33.1
|
# of Nets |
26
|
20
|
46
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Banding Staff
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Kristen Oliver (CS)
Brandon Connare (CS)
Paul Carroll (CS)