With the Southwest winds last night, we were unsure of how today would go. We ended up having a decent day with 67 new birds and 4 recaptures. It was the biggest day yet for Catbirds as we had 19 new individuals. You could hear them throughout the day making their "mew" call. The main excitement was a collared bobcat that was spotted on our first net check. I spent an hour today just patrolling net lanes to prevent her from "stealing" our birds. I did spot her a second time and noticed she had a smaller bobcat with her, likely a kitten from this breeding season. It was enjoyable to see one so close. The other neat wildlife observation was an Eastern Kingsnake, who Danaé came across, that was in the process of eating a glass lizard. See the video below for this "Steve Irwin moment."
-Joel
Little Bear
We ended up having a surprisingly good day with 77 new birds and 5 recaptures of 15 different species. We had a decent push of gray catbirds this morning with a total of 26 captured, which even beat out common yellowthroats for top species of the day. The highlight of the morning was an Acadian Flycatcher, which is one of our rarer flycatchers caught during the fall. We also have had a Merlin show up at the banding station so hopefully it finds one of our nets!
 |
| Acadian Flycatcher (hatch-year, sex unknown) |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Acadian Flycatcher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
"Traill's" Flycatcher
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
10
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
House Wren
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Gray Catbird
|
19
|
1
|
26
|
-
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Yellow-breasted Chat
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
24
|
2
|
19
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Yellow Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
-
|
-
|
16
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
4
|
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
67
|
77
|
144
|
| # of Recaptures |
4
|
5
|
9
|
| # of Species |
14
|
15
|
19
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
114.8
|
55.8
|
170.6
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
61.8
|
146.9
|
89.7
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
948
|
633
|
1581
|
| # of Recaptures |
244
|
112
|
356
|
| # of Species |
45
|
35
|
53
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
4135.9
|
1596.3
|
5732.2
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
28.8
|
46.7
|
33.8
|
| # of Days | 35 | 28 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (LB)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Joanne Hamilton (LB)
Joel Throckmorton (CS)
Chris Snook (CS)
Jake Zadik (LB)
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