After closing down the station last week to prepare for Hurricane Florence, we were finally able to resume banding again today. It seems like Florence brought us a few good birds as we banded a total of 31 birds and had 2 recaptures, for a total of 14 species. Both stations received our first of season White-eyed Vireos, including both a hatch year and adult at Captain Sam's. While hatch-year White-eyed Vireos have a darker, greyish colored eye, adults have a very distinct, bright white eye, which is, of course, how they got their name. Another highlight for the day for me was a Yellow-breasted Chat. Since I had never banded one of these beautiful birds before, I was very excited to process this after-hatch-year female!
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| Adult (left) and Hatch-year (right) White-eyed Vireos |
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| After-hatch-year female Yellow-breasted Chat |
-Danaé
Little Bear
We finally were able to get back to banding this morning. While heading out to the station, we were given a light show with all the offshore thunderstorms that had just passed over the station just in time to open. Bobolinks were flying over low, pushed down by the thunderstorms, and I was hoping we would catch one with no such luck. We did have a pretty good morning though with 30 new birds and 8 recaptures of 12 species, which is the best day at Little Bear so far this season. We added two first-of-the-season species, a White-eyed Vireo and a gorgeous adult male Cape May Warbler (pictured below). Hopefully today was a sign of things starting to pick up!
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| Cape May Warbler (after-hatch-year, male) |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
"Traill's" Flycatcher
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
3
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
6
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
5
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Yellow-breasted Chat
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Ovenbird
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
2
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Cape May Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
4
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
31
|
30
|
61
|
| # of Recaptures |
2
|
8
|
10
|
| # of Species |
14
|
12
|
18
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
95.76
|
58.0
|
153.8
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
34.5
|
65.5
|
46.2
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
417
|
221
|
638
|
| # of Recaptures |
152
|
59
|
211
|
| # of Species |
34
|
23
|
38
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
3269.4
|
1132.65
|
4402.05
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
17.4
|
24.7
|
19.3
|
| # of Days | 27 | 20 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (CS)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Joel Throckmorton (LB)
