Recap Roundup

Captain Sam's

Today was a cloudy day filled with recaptures, mostly Gray Catbirds that will remain for the winter. Some birds like Gray Catbirds, may remain on Kiawah for the winter until they migrate to their breeding territories in spring. One such Catbird has been wintering here for three years. Recaptures like this are part of what makes banding so great. Knowing that the same bird has come to the same spot for three years gives us insight into how old birds can live, what habitats they like, when they arrive and leave, etc. We will get many more recaptures this winter and hopefully they will return next year! Our totals for the day were 30 banded birds of 12 species, and 40 recaptures of 8 species.

- Joanne



Little Bear
Today was an extremely slow day. We had a total of 16 newly banded birds and 18 recaptured birds.
The highlight of the day was capturing a beautiful AHY female Painted Bunting and an Orange-crowned Warbler. Hopefully tomorrow will pick up, bringing in some more birds.

After-hatch year female Painted Bunting (Banded on 9/22/2018)

 After-hatch year female Painted Bunting

This after-hatch year female, was originally banded on 9/26/2016 as a after-hatch year. This makes this bird 3+ years old. Some females can gain more colors throughout their body as they get older. As seen above, this female has attained more of a blue tinge throughout her body compared to more greener color as shown above, banded on 9/22/2018.

-Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow Billed Cuckoo	1			1
Eastern Phoebe	1
White-eyed Vireo				1
Carolina Chickadee		1
House Wren	3	3		1
Carolina Wren		2		1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2		1
Gray Catbird	14	28	10	8
Brown Thrasher		1
Northern Mockingbird				1
Eastern Towhee	1			1
Swamp Sparrow	2
Orange-crowned Warbler			1
Common Yellowthroat	1	1	1	1
Cape May Warbler				1
Northern Parula	1
Blackpoll Warbler				1
Black-throated Blue Warbler	1
Western Palm Warbler			2
Myrtle Warbler	2
Northern Cardinal		3
Painted Bunting	1	1	1	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	30	16	46
# of Recaptures	40	18	58
# of Species	16	14	22
Effort (net-hours)	166.9	110	276.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	41.9	30.9	37.5
# of Nets	28	20	48

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	2900	2,240	5140
# of Recaptures	736	320	1056
# of Species	66	68	79
Effort (net-hours)	7161.65	3064.3	10225.95
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	50.7	83.5	60.6
# of Days	62	51	-

Banding Staff
Michael Gamble (CS)
Meredith Heather (LB)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Joanne Hamilton (CS)
Joel Throckmorton (LB)