Today we had a good diversity of warblers at Captain Sam's and a good amount of birds. Overall we banded 54 new birds of 11 recaptures of 14 species. We also had our first Eastern Wood-Pewee of the season. Now onto the main event at Little Bear!
Little Bear
We had a great day at Little Bear with 69 new birds banded and 3 recaptures of 18 different species. The weather also cooperated and we were able to keep most of our nets open until after 10AM. We had a good diversity of warblers with 9 species being caught throughout the morning. We had a first-of-the season Eastern Phoebe and saw our first Common Ground-Dove at the site this season, which is very unusual since they were so abundant in previous years. The snow and ice storm that we had last January may have taken a toll on Kiawah's Common Ground-Dove population.
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| Kirtland's Warbler range map (from the Birds of North America) |
From the jack pine forests of their breeding grounds, Kirtland's Warblers migrate to the Bahamas to spend the winter; this is where South Carolina factors in. Recent work has been done to examine the migratory connectivity of the Kirtland's Warbler in order to understand their full life history and determine if there are additional limitations on the birds aside from those faced on the breeding grounds. Data from geolocators deployed by the Smithsonian on male birds on the breeding grounds showed they are using North and South Carolina on their migratory route. This study also indicated that the birds could be using the North and South Carolina coastline as a stopover site before they begin their open-water migration to their wintering grounds. This has created a bit of a joke at KIBS that one was bound to turn up in our nets eventually!
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| Kirtland's Warbler (hatch-year, sex unknown) |
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| Kirtland's Warbler |
-Michael
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Eastern Wood-Pewee
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Phoebe
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
House Wren
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Gray Catbird
|
22
|
8
|
23
|
-
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Ovenbird
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
11
|
1
|
12
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
5
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
Kirtland's Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Cape May Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
Yellow Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
| Indigo Bunting | - | - | 1 | - |
| Painted Bunting | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
54
|
69
|
123
|
| # of Recaptures |
13
|
3
|
17
|
| # of Species |
12
|
18
|
21
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
121.7
|
71.35
|
193.05
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
55.1
|
100.9
|
72.5
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
1,304
|
957
|
2,261
|
| # of Recaptures |
317
|
162
|
479
|
| # of Species |
46
|
41
|
57
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
4956.8
|
2044.95
|
7001.75
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
32.7
|
54.7
|
39.1
|
| # of Days | 43 | 36 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (LB)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Joanne Hamilton (CS)
Joel Throckmorton (CS)
Nancy Raginski (LB)
