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)