Sunday, September 23, 2018

FOS House Finch, Pine Warbler, and House Wren

Captain Sam's

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.

House Wren (hatch-year, sex unknown)
-Michael

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

House Finch (Hatch Year, Female)

Pine Warbler (Hatch Year, Male)




SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
"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 StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# 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'sLittle BearTOTAL
# 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 Days3225-

Banding Staff

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