We weren't sure how the day would turn out due storms north of us yesterday that seemed to have prevented migrating birds from reaching us, but we ended up having a fairly successful day regardless. We nearly broke 100 birds for the day with 94 birds total (85 new, 9 recaps). Our highest frequency species was a tie today between Gray Catbirds and Common Yellowthroats, with 32 new individuals banded of each species. My favorite bird of the day was a hatch-year female Summer Tanager. Joanne was excited to band this bird since she is from Ontario, Canada and had never seen one of them in the hand! She took the photo below.
Hatch-year Female Summer Tanager |
-DanaƩ
Little Bear
It was a great start this morning! We had a total of 81 new birds and 8 recaptures. We had a new bird of the season Swainson's Thrush today!
We had a large amount of Gray Catbirds throughout the day, which totaled out to 42 birds. Even though it was busy, we did not have a huge variety of species today but hopefully tomorrow will be better!
-Kristin
Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Least Flycatcher
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Traill's Flycatcher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
32
|
2
|
42
|
1
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
32
|
1
|
22
|
1
|
American Redstart
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Yellow Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Western Palm Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Summer Tanager
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Painted Bunting
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded |
85
|
81
|
166
|
# of Recaptures |
9
|
8
|
17
|
# of Species |
15
|
14
|
18
|
Effort (net-hours) |
142.72
|
56.15
|
198.9
|
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
65.9
|
158.5
|
92.0
|
# of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded |
1086
|
789
|
1875
|
# of Recaptures |
268
|
138
|
406
|
# of Species |
45
|
39
|
54
|
Effort (net-hours) |
4560.2
|
1801.9
|
6362.1
|
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
30.1
|
51.4
|
35.9
|
# of Days | 39 | 32 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Meredith Heather (LB)
DanaƩ Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Joanne Hamilton (CS)
Joel Throckmorton (CS)