Saturday, September 8, 2018

Storm's A Brewin'

Captain Sam's

Although we didn't get caught in the rain like the Little Bear crew, we did have to wait out some off-shore storms in the work truck this morning and opened up our nets a bit later than usual. With 90% humidity and quickly rising temperatures, we also had to close nets earlier than we would have liked. In total we had 5 new birds and 5 recaptures, for a total of 6 species. I got to band my first Black-throated Blue Warbler from Kiawah today, a very relaxed hatch-year female. Although I got to band Black-throated Blues up in Nova Scotia, I never get tired of seeing these guys in the hand. The females may not be as stunning in coloration as the males, but they still have that tell-tale white "hankerchief" in their wing, which make them easily distinguishable from other warbler species.

-DanaƩ

Hatch-year female, Black-throated Blue Warbler



Little Bear

We received some nice rainstorms this morning, which delayed our start quite a bit. The storms were followed by a beautiful double rainbow. We only caught 4 new birds of 2 species and then had to close due to the heat. We had two adult female American Redstarts, which we all agree never get old.

-Joel


SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Northern Mockingbird
-
1
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
2
-
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
1
-
-
-
American Redstart
-
-
2
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
1
-
-
-
Northern Cardinal
-
1
-
-
Painted Bunting
1
3
2
-

Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
5
4
9
# of Recaptures
5
0
5
# of Species
6
2
7
Effort (net-hours)
88.9
40.0
128.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
11.2
10.0
10.9
# of Nets
28
20
48


2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
373
173
546
# of Recaptures
145
43
188
# of Species
32
18
34
Effort (net-hours)
3002.8
963.65
3966.45
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
17.3
22.4
18.5
# of Days2417-

Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (CS)
Meredith Heather (LB)
DanaĆ© Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Joanne Hamilton (CS)
Joel Throckmorton (LB)

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