Monday, November 13, 2017

Recapture of the day!

Captain Sam's
It was another windy morning out at Captain Sam's, which prevented us from opening a few nets. Luckily, the wind died down by mid-morning and stayed pretty calm until close. We were able to open up most of the nets we could not open earlier in the morning and ended the day with 29 new birds and 20 recaptures of 12 species. 

-Michael

Little Bear
Our day out at little bear was pretty interesting and a little unexpected. Much to our surprise the winds continued to whip across the nets which did not allow us to open all the nets today again. We were hopful, based on wind forecasts, that the wind would subside and we could operate the station as normal. However, as the day continued the winds coninuted to get worse until our last hour of banding. Windy nets meant that the nets that could be open weren't capturing many birds.

We were also surprised today with an old recapture of a male Sharp-shinned Hawk. This bird was originally on Nov. 10th 2015 as an adult as well. This means that we know this bird is at least 4 years old and continuing to use the Little Bear habitat as his hunting grounds for the winter!

Check out what he looked like in 2015 compared to now!

Our After hatch-year Male Initial capture Nov. 10th 2015
Notice the dark blackish- grey color 
Bright red eye!

The band even looked old!
-Kristen

  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Sharp-shinned Hawk
-
-
-
1
Downy Woodpecker
-
1
-
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
1
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3
2
2
1
Hermit Thrush
-
2
-
-
Gray Catbird
3
5
1
7
Song Sparrow
1
1
-
1
Swamp Sparrow
3
1
-
-
White-throated Sparrow
1
1
-
-
Orange-crowned Warbler
1
1
1
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
17
3
4
1
Prairie Warbler
-
-
-
1
Northern Cardinal 
-
1
-
1
Painted Bunting
-
-
1
-



 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
29
9
38
# of Recaptures
20
14
34
# of Species
12
10
15
Effort (net-hours)
153.5
91.2
244.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
31.9
25.2
29.4
# of Nets
26
17
43


Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Mattie VandenBoom (LB)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Kristen Oliver (LB)