FOS Cooper's Hawk

Captain Sam's

Today at Captain Sam's we captured 19 new birds and 2 recaptures. We had a great variety of birds this morning including the first of the season Cooper's Hawk. This hawk was a juvenile male and was absolutely gorgeous! To learn more about Cooper's Hawk check out the American Bird Conservancy page. We also captured quite a bit of warblers today with a total of 11! Hopefully this continues throughout the season!

Juvenile male Cooper's Hawk

-Kristin

Little Bear

Things picked up today at Little Bear as well, and a total of 17 new birds of 8 species were banded-- a decent amount, considering we had to close nets pretty early due to intense heat. We recorded a temperature increase of 6 degrees over a time span of about 30 minutes, and things were only getting hotter from there. Hoping for some cooler temperatures and good winds in the coming days so we can catch more migrants!

-Danaé

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Cooper's Hawk	1	-	-	-
Eastern Screech-Owl	1	-	-	-
Downy Woodpecker	1	-	-	-
"Traill's" Flycatcher	-	-	1	-
Great Crested Flycatcher	1	-	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	2	-
Northern Mockingbird	-	1	1	-
Ovenbird	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	2	-	1	-
American Redstart	6	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	2	1	4	1
Northern Cardinal	-	-	4	-
Painted Bunting	3	-	3	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	19	17	36
# of Recaptures	2	1	3
# of Species	11	8	13
Effort (net-hours)	117.6	65.0	182.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	17.9	27.7	21.4
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	291	113	404
# of Recaptures	95	28	123
# of Species	28	15	30
Effort (net-hours)	2163.65	574.05	2737.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	17.8	24.6	19.2
# of Days	17	9	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Danaé Mouton (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)

Where's the Truck?

Captain Sam's

After some more vehicle trouble this morning, it was decided that everyone would go to Captain Sam's and Little Bear would remain closed for the day. With few birds captured today and a larger banding crew than usual at the site, everyone got to process at least one bird. The totals for the day were 5 new and 4 recaptures of 5 species. Being slow, we had to find other ways to entertain ourselves, including a bird guessing game and online quizzes. Thanks to our volunteer, Ryan, for keeping us laughing with his stories. Despite the heat, humidity, and very little breeze, we made it through the morning just fine. The cutest bird of the day goes to the recently fledged Painted Bunting, still retaining it's soft gape! The other highlight bird was a Brown Thrasher, a very fun bird to photograph.

Hatch-year Painted Bunting, recently fledged

After-hatch-year Brown Thrasher 

-Meredith

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Brown Thrasher	1	-	-	-
Northern Mockingbird	-	1	-	-
Northern Cardinal	1	3	-	-
Painted Bunting	2	-	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	5	-	5
# of Recaptures	4	-	4
# of Species	5	-	5
Effort (net-hours)	126	-	126
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	7.1	-	7.1
# of Nets	28	-	28

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	272	96	368
# of Recaptures	93	27	120
# of Species	27	14	29
Effort (net-hours)	2,046.05	509.05	2,555.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	17.8	24.2	19.1
# of Days	16	8	-

Banding Staff
Michael Gamble (CS)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Ryan Donnelly (CS)

Slow day for birds

Captain Sam's

Today was a slow day at Captain Sam's as we only captured 5 new birds and 4 recaptures. As the day progressed, it became hotter with little wind. We also captured a beautiful after hatch-year female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. The bird of the day for me was the Traill's Flycatcher. I think that they are a unique species that mainly feed on insects. Hopefully tomorrow will have more birds!

Hatch-year Traill's Flycatcher

-Kristin

Little Bear

We did not do much better out at Little Bear with 10 new birds and 1 recapture of 4 different species. We continue to recapture the same two to three young carolina wrens that have not yet learned where the nets are located. We did capture our first-of-the season Ovenbird at the site on the first net run. I spent more of my time extracting cicadas than birds as they were flying everywhere and making it hard to hear at the banding table. I always love hearing their chorus even though it means it is going to be a hot day!

-Michael

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
"Traill's" Flycatcher	1	-	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	1	-	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	1	1
Ovenbird	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	3	-
Northern Cardinal	-	3	-	-
Painted Bunting	1	-	5	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	5	10	15
# of Recaptures	4	1	5
# of Species	7	4	8
Effort (net-hours)	123.2	70.0	193.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	7.3	15.7	10.3
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	267	96	363
# of Recaptures	89	27	116
# of Species	27	14	29
Effort (net-hours)	1920.05	509.05	2429.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	18.5	24.2	19.7
# of Days	15	8	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Danae Mouton (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)

Rainy Day Birds

Captain Sam's

It was an eventful day at Captain Sam's, but not so much in terms of birds. Morning car troubles caused us to open later than usual, and rain coming in from offshore caused us to close early. In the little time we were open, though, we managed to catch 8 new birds and 2 recaptures of 6 species. The highlight capture for me was a hatch-year Red-eyed Vireo. It was my first to see in the hand, so I could see the darker eyes, rather than the red of an adult. I always enjoy learning how to age different species.

-Meredith

Little Bear

Although we too got caught up in the rain at Little Bear, we were able to band a total of 12 new birds and recaptured 5, for a total of 9 species. We also caught two new species for the season at this site, a "Traill's" Flycatcher and a Grey-morph Eastern Screech-Owl! While we typically catch a few Eastern Screech-Owls at both sites throughout the season, they are usually the more common Red-morph variety, so it was cool to see this "rare" morph today. I had also never banded a Screech-Owl before, so I was pretty pumped to get to process this hatch year guy/gal!

~ Danaé

Hatch-year Grey-morph Eastern Screech-Owl

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Eastern Screech-Owl	-	-	1	-
Downy Woodpecker	1	-	-	-
"Traill's" Flycatcher	-	-	1	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	1	1
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	2
Northern Mockingbird	1	-	-	-
Yellow-breasted Chat	-	1	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	2	-	5	-
Northern Cardinal	-	-	1	-
Painted Bunting	3	1	1	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	8	12	20
# of Recaptures	2	5	7
# of Species	6	9	12
Effort (net-hours)	67.2	60.0	127.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	14.9	28.3	21.2
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	262	86	348
# of Recaptures	85	26	111
# of Species	27	13	29
Effort (net-hours)	1796.85	439.05	2235.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	19.3	25.5	20.5
# of Days	14	7	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Danae Mouton (LB)

FOS Yellow-breasted Chat

Captain Sam's

Today was a lot like yesterday with little wind and heavy dew on the vegetation. We had 7 new captures and 8 recaptures with a total of 8 species. Among the typical species caught, we had our first of the season Yellow-breasted Chat! Yellow-breasted chats like to skulk around low, dense vegetation so they can be difficult to see. I've only seen a couple while birding throughout the years, so it was pretty special to see one in the hand and learn how to age and sex them. To sex them, you can look at the amount of black in their lores (region between the eye and nares), with males being darker.

Hatch-year female Yellow-breasted Chat

-Meredith

Little Bear

We started off the morning a little slow. We captured a total of 9 new birds and 4 recaptured birds. During that time, we captured our first of the season Northern Mockingbird, for Little Bear. We also got to see quite a few different birds today, like the Belted Kingfisher, Chuck-will's-widow and even an Eastern Screech-Owl.

The bird of the day would be the Prothonotary Warbler. This warbler was an after hatch-year male, showing a more vibrant color of yellow. For a comparison to a female, the males are more brightly colored and have a more distinctive color contrast from the head to the back. The males will also have more white in the tail feathers compared to the females. The word Prothonotary was referred to the Roman Catholic clerks, who wore bright yellow robes. They are also nicknamed swamp candle because of their bright yellow coloration in the dark swamps where they nest.

After hatch-year female

After hatch-year male

-Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	1	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	-	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	-	1
Carolina Wren	-	1	1	2
Northern Mockingbird	-	2	1	-
Yellow-breasted Chat	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	2	-	-	-
Prothonotary Warbler	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	1	1
Painted Bunting	3	3	2	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	7	9	16
# of Recaptures	8	4	12
# of Species	8	8	11
Effort (net-hours)	131.6	68.0	199.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	11.4	19.1	14.0
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	254	74	328
# of Recaptures	83	21	104
# of Species	27	11	29
Effort (net-hours)	1729.65	379.05	2108.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	19.5	25.1	20.5
# of Days	13	6	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)

Hot Hot Hot!

Captain Sam's

For the past few days, we've been experiencing some nice northerly winds which have been bringing us a good amount of migrants, but unfortunately, those winds were absent today, meaning we had a slower and hotter banding day than usual. Still, we were able to band 8 new birds and had 6 recaptures, with a total of 7 species processed at the site.

When the birds are slow, it's nice to take some time and look around the site for other wildlife. Some of the species we've detected so far are deer (tracks), bobcat (tracks and scat), lots of snakes and lizards, and a plethora of butterflies. The most exciting find for me was a beautiful 3-4ft Eastern Kingsnake (pictured below). Like most of the snakes around Captain Sam's, Kingsnakes are non-venomous and pose no threat to us humans. Since I had never seen one before, I was pretty excited to have the opportunity to appreciate a new species of wildlife!

Eastern Kingsnake

-Danaé

Little Bear

The wind finally let up at Little Bear and we were able to keep all the nets open for the duration of banding. Unfortunately, this meant the heat played an even greater factor today, causing us to shut down a little after midmorning. In this time, we were able to capture 9 new birds and 3 recaptures of 5 species. There were some new species spotted around the station that we hope to catch in our nets during this slower week of banding. We had a Chuck-will's-widow perched in a dead snag next to a net when opening this morning and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in a tree above the banding table. After closing, a night heron landed close to one of our nets and I wished we could have stayed open just a bit longer!

-Michael

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Northern Mockingbird	2	-	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	1	1
Eastern Towhee	-	1	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	1	-	1	-
American Redstart	-	1	-	-
Yellow Warbler	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	2	-	1	1
Northern Cardinal	1	2	-	-
Painted Bunting	2	2	5	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	8	9	17
# of Recaptures	6	3	9
# of Species	7	5	12
Effort (net-hours)	128.2	70.0	198.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	10.9	17.1	13.1
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	247	65	312
# of Recaptures	75	17	92
# of Species	26	10	28
Effort (net-hours)	1598.05	311.05	1909.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	20.1	26.4	21.2
# of Days	12	5	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)

The First and Possibly the Last Louisiana Waterthush of the Season

CAPTAIN SAM'S
Today was a carbon copy of yesterday in terms of the number bird captured with 20 new birds and 8 recaptures of 11 species.  The species makeup was a little different though with two new species for season:  Louisiana Waterthrush and Black-and-White Warbler.  Louisiana Waterthrushes are among the earliest of migrants and by the time we start banding on August 15 many have already moved on through.  We are always lucky to catch one in the first two weeks of the season.

Louisiana Waterthrush (Hatch-year, sex unknkown)

We have done a couple of posts over the years on separating Louisiana Waterthrushes from the very similar Northern Waterthrush.  See the following links to learn more about the ID characteristics of both of these species.

http://kiawahislandbanding.blogspot.com/2012/09/saturdays-results-plus-new-species.html

http://kiawahislandbanding.blogspot.com/2014/08/northern-waterthrush-vs-louisiana.html


-Aaron


LITTLE BEAR
It started out as a great morning because we managed to open all of our nets today. As the day progressed, the wind started to pick up, we had to close some of our nets. We captured 9 new birds and 4 recaptures. One of our recaptured birds was a Painted Bunting that was banded at a residential house on Kiawah Island on June 21, 2018 and came out to Little Bear to molt.
My favorite catch of the day would be the American Redstart that is pictured below.

American Redstart (Hatch-year, male)

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day with some more birds!

-Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Great Crested Flycatcher	2	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	1	2	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	1
Northern Mockingbird	1	-	-	-
Louisiana Waterthrush	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	1	-	-	-
Black-and-white Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	4	-	-	-
American Redstart	1	-	1	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	1	-
Northern Cardinal	1	2	2	-
Painted Bunting	6	4	4	3

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	20	9	29
# of Recaptures	8	4	12
# of Species	11	6	13
Effort (net-hours)	142.8	71.45	214.25
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	19.6	18.2	19.1
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	239	56	295
# of Recaptures	69	14	83
# of Species	26	10	28
Effort (net-hours)	1469.85	241.05	1710.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	21.0	29.0	22.1
# of Days	11	4	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Danae Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)

PABUs and Geolocators

LITTLE BEAR
It started off very windy at Little Bear, which limited the amount of nets we could run. This affected our capture rate as we only captured 9 new birds and 3 recaptures of 4 species. The highlight of the morning was a recaptured after-second-year male Painted Bunting with a geolocator on its back. This bird was banded last fall at Little Bear on August 25th as a second-year bird and then re-caught this summer at someone's house where Aaron fitted it with a geolocator. Now it seems it has returned to Little Bear this fall to molt again before its migration. Hopefully this bird returns next year so the data can be retrieved!

The last two summers Aaron has been fitting adult male painted buntings with geos in partnership with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to see where our population of painted buntings winter. Geolocators collect light levels and based on light levels, you can figure out sunrise and sunset times and where these birds are wintering. Geos do not have pin-point accuracy but can give us a general area of where these birds are located during and after migration. If you want to learn more about this project, check out the Smithsonian's website at https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/painted-bunting.

Michael

CAPTAIN SAM'S
We banded 20 new birds and recaptured 8 at Captain Sam's today, including a FOS Brown Thrasher, which was a new bird to band for both Meredith and I. Another exciting bird for the day was an after second year male Painted Bunting, which we banded and then fitted with a small geolocator, as part of an ongoing study on the migratory habits of this species. Hopefully this bird will return to Kiawah next year, where its tag can be removed and its data analyzed.

The harness which is made out of flexible bead string is attached to the geolocator by forming two loops.  The bird wears the geolocator like a backpack with each loop going around each leg and the geolocator sitting on the bird's back.  Once attached to the bird, the geolocator can be tightened, if necessary, and the excess ends of the string trimmed off. 

Geolocator

Painted Bunting (After second-year, male)
Note the light stalk from the geolocator coming from the lower back of the bird. 

Danaé

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Great Crested Flycatcher	-	1	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	2	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	3	1
Brown Thrasher	1	1	-	-
Northern Mockingbird	-	1	-	-
Eastern Towhee	-	1	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	2	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	4	-	-	-
American Redstart	1	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	-	-
Prairie Warbler	3	-	1	-
Northern Cardinal	2	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	5	2	3	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	20	9	29
# of Recaptures	8	3	11
# of Species	14	4	14
Effort (net-hours)	141.1	48.5	189.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	19.8	24.7	21.1
# of Nets	28	16	44

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	219	47	266
# of Recaptures	61	10	71
# of Species	24	10	26
Effort (net-hours)	1327.05	169.6	1496.65
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	21.1	33.6	22.5
# of Days	10	3	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)

A GREAT DAY OF FOS!

LITTLE BEAR:

Today we started out the morning with quite a bit of birds. We manage to capture 13 new birds and 3 recaptures. For our site, we captured our first of the year Common Yellowthroat and a Prothonotary Warbler. This female Prothonotary Warbler was beautiful and was photogenic. The Prothonotary Warbler is only one of two North American warblers that nest in cavities, and they will readily nest in nest boxes as well. Check out this link and help build nest boxes for these birds during the breeding season!

After-hatch year Female Prothonotary Warbler

We managed to capture a Painted Bunting that was banded last August making him an after-second year bird. Unlike Captain Sam's site, the wind has managed to close our nets early, so hopefully tomorrow is going to be better!

-Kristin


CAPTAIN SAM'S:

With a slight northerly wind, our first few net runs were our most productive yet! We ended the day with a total of 36 newly banded and 4 recaptured individuals of 14 species. We had several firsts for the season, including a Red-eyed Vireo, Ovenbird, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Hooded Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, and Trail's Flycatcher. Being my first time to band in the East, several of these were my first to see in the hand. I was most excited about the Ovenbird and Yellow-billed Cuckoo!

After-hatch-year Ovenbird

Hopefully the winds continue to come from the North and more birds come our way tomorrow.

-Meredith

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	1	-	-	-
Traill's Flycatcher	1	-	-	-
Great Crested Flycatcher	1	-	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	1	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	1	-
Northern Mockingbird	-	2	-	-
Eastern Towhee	1	-	-	-
Ovenbird	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	4	-	1	-
Prothonotary Warbler	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	4	-	1	-
Hooded Warbler	1	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	2	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	14	-	4	1
Northern Cardinal	1	-	-	-
Painted Bunting	4	1	2	3

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	36	13	49
# of Recaptures	3	4	7
# of Species	14	9	16
Effort (net-hours)	138.75	56.1	194.85
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	28.1	30.3	28.7
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	199	38	237
# of Recaptures	52	7	59
# of Species	24	10	26
Effort (net-hours)	1185.95	121.1	1307.05
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	21.2	37.15	22.7
# of Days	9	2	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Danae Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)

Day One at Little Bear

CAPTAIN SAM'S

Although we had fewer birds than Little Bear today, the Painted Buntings did not disappoint, as evidenced by a gorgeous after hatch year male caught towards the end of the day. We also banded several new Northern Waterthrush throughout the day, an early fall migrant. 

We also recaptured a female Painted Bunting that was originally banded on 7/19/2012 as a second-year making this bird 7 years old!  This bird not banded at the banding site but was banded at a bird feeder a mile or two up the Kiawah River from Captain Sam's.  We've had quite a history with this lady over the years.  She was captured 5 times during the fall of 2012, twice during the fall of 2013, and once during the fall of 2015.  It's nice to know that she is still hanging around!

An example of a "typical" male Painted Bunting, with a completely red breast (banded today at Captain Sam's)

LITTLE BEAR
Today marks our first day banding at both our Captain Sam's and Little Bear banding stations this season. For the past few days, the crew have been setting up nets and preparing our Little Bear site, and our efforts payed off today as Little Bear outperformed Captain Sam's in terms of birds banded, with 25 new birds and 3 recaptures.

Some exciting highlights at Little Bear were a FOS (first of season) after hatch year Red-eyed Vireo, and a male Painted Bunting showing off some unusual yellow plumage (pictured below).

Male after second year Painted Bunting banded at Little Bear - note the yellow on the breast

It is possible this yellow coloration (instead of the typical red) is due to a genetic mutation-- the same mutation that caused the male Northern Cardinal found in Alabama earlier this year to develop completely yellow feathers. You can check out this article from the Audubon Society for more details on this fascinating phenomenon, and even follow the "yellow cardinal" on Facebook here.

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Red-eyed Vireo	-	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	1	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	1	1
Northern Mockingbird	1	1	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	5	-	4	-
American Redstart	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	11	-
Northern Cardinal	-	3	2	-
Painted Bunting	4	1	4	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	10	25	35
# of Recaptures	6	3	9
# of Species	5	8	9
Effort (net-hours)	128.8	65.0	193.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	12.4	43	22.7
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	163	25	188
# of Recaptures	49	3	52
# of Species	18	8	19
Effort (net-hours)	1047.2	65.0	1112.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	20.2	43.0	21.6
# of Days	8	1	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Micheal Gamble (LB)
Kristin Attinger (LB)

Painted Buntings Keep It Up

Despite being another slow day at Captain Sam's we had some good birds, the butterflies were abundant, and some flowers were blooming. We captured 8 species total, including 10 newly banded and 5 recaptured individuals. Hatch-year painted buntings have been plentiful, so it seems they had a successful breeding year. We caught another gorgeous Yellow Warbler and Danaé got to band her first Blue-gray Gnatcatcher! The new crew is comfortable navigating the site now and we will start banding at Little Bear tomorrow.

Meredith

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Great Crested Flycatcher	-	1	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	2	-	-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	2	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	-	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	5	1	-

Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	10	-	10
# of Recaptures	5	-	5
# of Species	8	-	8
Effort (net-hours)	131.6	-	131.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	11.4	-	11.4
# of Nets	28	-	28

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (CS)

Kristin Attinger (CS)

Meredith Heather (CS)

Danaé Mouton (CS)