Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Painted Buntings Keep It Up

Despite being another slow day at Captain Sam's we had some good birds, the butterflies were abundant, and some flowers were blooming. We captured 8 species total, including 10 newly banded and 5 recaptured individuals. Hatch-year painted buntings have been plentiful, so it seems they had a successful breeding year. We caught another gorgeous Yellow Warbler and DanaĆ© got to band her first Blue-gray Gnatcatcher! The new crew is comfortable navigating the site now and we will start banding at Little Bear tomorrow.

Meredith





  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Great Crested Flycatcher
-
1
-
-
Carolina Wren
-
2
-
-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
2
-
-
-
Yellow Warbler
1
-
-
-
Prairie Warbler
1
-
-
-
Northern Cardinal
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1
-
-
Painted Bunting
5
1
-



 Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
10
-
10
# of Recaptures
5
-
5
# of Species
8
-
8
Effort (net-hours)
131.6
-
131.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
11.4
-
11.4
# of Nets
28
-
28

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