It was a slow day at Captain Sam's today but we sure did a lot of recaptures. With a total of 17 new birds and 13 recaptures. We had the most recaptures of Painted Buntings that were after-hatch years. It was really cool seeing the unique coloration of the males once they are finished molting!
Check out the bold contrast of colors on this male below!
After-hatch year male Painted Bunting |
Little Bear
It was a day full of recaptured birds at Little Bear with more recaptured than newly banded. We had a total of 12 new birds and 14 recaptures. It was a decently diverse day with 11 species. The continuing heat shut us down just before 10 this morning. Our most interesting catch today was a Yellow Warbler (photo below) with a duller, more olive coloration than most that we see. According to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, there is extensive morphological variation within Yellow Warblers, more so than other wood-warblers. To learn more about Yellow Warblers and their various subspecies, check out this link.
Hatch-year Yellow Warbler
Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
White-eyed Vireo
| 1 | - | - | 1 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
Carolina Chickadee | - | - | 1 | - |
Carolina Wren | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
Veery | 1 | - | - | - |
Gray Catbird | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Brown Thrasher | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Mockingbird | - | - | 1 | - |
Ovenbird | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Waterthrush | - | - | 1 | - |
Common Yellowthroat | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Yellow Warbler | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Prairie Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
Northern Cardinal | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Painted Bunting | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded |
17
|
12
|
29
|
# of Recaptures |
13
|
14
|
27
|
# of Species |
10
|
11
|
15
|
Effort (net-hours) |
105
|
60
|
165
|
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
28.6
|
43.3
|
35.9
|
# of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded |
735
|
452
|
1,187
|
# of Recaptures |
197
|
89
|
286
|
# of Species |
43
|
32
|
49
|
Effort (net-hours) |
3,669.0
|
1,365.1
|
5,034.1
|
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
25.4
|
39.6
|
29.3
|
# of Days | 31 | 24 | - |
Banding Staff
Michael Gamble (CS)
Meredith Heather (LB)
DanaƩ Mouton (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Joanne Hamilton (LB)
Joel Throckmorton (CS)
Ryan Donnelley (CS)