Friday, September 7, 2018

Trickle of Migrants Continues

Captain Sam's

It was a similar morning as yesterday out at Captain Sam's with 13 new birds and 10 recaptures of 11 species. The highlight of the morning was a recaptured Northern Mockingbird that I banded as a hatch-year last fall on August 21st. The migrants are slowly moving through and giving us more variety, but we are hoping for more numbers in the near future.

-Michael

Little Bear

Today was great with a nice slow wind coming from the north. We started out the first net run with quite a bit of birds. We had a total of 13 new birds banded and a total of 2 birds were recaptured. One of the newly banded birds was a female Black-throated Blue Warbler during our first check! She was absolutely beautiful. You can see how they are somewhat similar to the males but are more green overall. You can see the white patch on the wing on both birds, also known as a handkerchief, that can help indicate age. Check out the Cornell lab to hear their call and learn more about them!

Hatch-year female Black-throated Blue Warbler

Hatch-year male Black-throated Blue Warbler

-Kristin



  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Traill's Flycatcher
1
-
-
-
Red-eyed Vireo
1
-
2
-
Carolina Chickadee
1
-
-
-
Carolina Wren
1
1
-
1
Northern Mockingbird
-
1
-
-
Ovenbird
1
-
-
-
Northern Waterthrush
1
-
-
-
Common Yellowthroat
4
-
3
-
American Redstart
1
-
1
-
Yellow Warbler
-
-
2
-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
-
-
1
-
Northern Cardinal
-
5
2
1
Painted Bunting
2
3
2
-




Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
13
13
26
# of Recaptures
10
2
12
# of Species
11
8
19
Effort (net-hours)
106.4
68.0
174.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
21.6
22.1
21.8
# of Nets
28
20
48


2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
368
169
537
# of Recaptures
140
43
183
# of Species
31
18
34
Effort (net-hours)
2913.9
923.65
3837.55
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
17.4
23.0
18.8
# of Days2416-

Banding Staff

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