9 November 2018

CAPTAIN SAM'S

Today was a slow day with only 11 newly banded birds and 15 recaptures. The tides came in high and we used this advantage to try and capture some marsh sparrows. We did manage to capture a Savannah Sparrow, which was beautiful!

After-hatch year Savannah Sparrow

After-hatch year Carolina Chickadee

LITTLE BEAR

It started off very windy at Little Bear and we were only able to operate 7 nets for most of the morning. Luckily, the wind decreased towards the end of the morning and we were able to open most of the nets back up and stay open for the full 6 hours. In this time, we only caught 9 new birds and 6 recaptures of 10 different species. A cold front is coming through tomorrow morning that will hopefully bring us more birds into the weekend. It will also bring us our coldest temperatures yet!

-Michael

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	-	-	1
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	-	-	-
Hermit Thrush	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	2	5	1	2
Savannah Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Song Sparrow	2	3	1	1
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	-	1
Common Yellowthroat	-	-	1	-
Blackpoll Warbler	-	1	1	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	3	3	3	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	1	-
Indigo Bunting	1	-	-	-
Painted Bunting	1	-	-	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	11	9	20
# of Recaptures	15	6	21
# of Species	11	10	15
Effort (net-hours)	154.2	67.65	221.85
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	16.9	22.2	18.5
# of Nets	27	18	45

2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,363	2,638	6,001
# of Recaptures	964	500	1,464
# of Species	74	73	90
Effort (net-hours)	9,585.55	4,594.85	14,180.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	45.1	68.3	52.6
# of Days	79	68	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Danae Mouton (LB)