Tuesday, October 23, 2018

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




  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Yellow Billed Cuckoo
11
Eastern Phoebe
1
White-eyed Vireo
1
Carolina Chickadee
1
House Wren
331
Carolina Wren
21
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
21
Gray Catbird
1428108
Brown Thrasher
1
Northern Mockingbird
1
Eastern Towhee
11
Swamp Sparrow
2
Orange-crowned Warbler
1
Common Yellowthroat
1111
Cape May Warbler
1
Northern Parula
1
Blackpoll Warbler
1
Black-throated Blue Warbler
1
Western Palm Warbler2
Myrtle Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal3
Painted Bunting 1111


Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# 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'sLittle BearTOTAL
# 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 Days6251-

Banding Staff

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





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