Today was a little slower than yesterday with 11 new birds and 14 recaptures of 10 different species. We are stuck in a period where our recapture numbers are overtaking our new birds banded, which means the conditions for migration are poor, keeping birds from leaving and preventing any new birds from arriving. Hopefully this pattern is broken and we get a new push of migrants sometime this week. The highlight of the morning was a first-of-the-season House Wren on the first net run. This felt a little early to be catching a House Wren but we caught our first one even earlier last fall at the Little Bear site on September 15th.
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| House Wren (hatch-year, sex unknown) |
Little Bear
Today was a little busier than yesterday despite the persistent heat. We banded 21 new birds of 10 species, and had 5 recaptures of 4 species. Luckily for us we were treated with two uncommon birds for our banding station, a Pine Warbler and a House Finch. It was really exciting to see these two birds in hand, here's hoping for more rarities.
-Joanne
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| House Finch (Hatch Year, Female) |
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| Pine Warbler (Hatch Year, Male) |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
"Traill's" Flycatcher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
House Finch
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
American Redstart
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Pine Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Painted Bunting
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
11
|
21
|
32
|
| # of Recaptures |
14
|
5
|
19
|
| # of Species |
10
|
11
|
14
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
117.6
|
53.4
|
171.0
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
21.3
|
48.7
|
29.8
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
746
|
473
|
1219
|
| # of Recaptures |
211
|
94
|
305
|
| # of Species |
44
|
34
|
52
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
3786.6
|
1418.5
|
5205.1
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
25.3
|
40.0
|
29.3
|
| # of Days | 32 | 25 | - |
Banding Staff
Michael Gamble (CS)
Meredith Heather (LB)
Danaé Mouton (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Joanne Hamilton (LB)
Joel Throckmorton (CS)
