Saturday, October 20, 2018

Last Day of Summer Weather Brings Swamp Sparrows

Captain Sam's

Today was a slow day at Captain Sam's with 16 birds banded of 7 species and 30 recaptures of 7 species. The heat and wind made us close nets a little earlier than we'd like. Our bird of the day was a recaptured Swamp Sparrow. It was banded in 2017 as an after hatch year, meaning it's at least 2 years old! I'm hoping to catch a lot more of these guys with the cooler weather coming.

-Joanne

Little Bear

It was a slower morning out at Little Bear with 25 new birds and 9 recaptures of 12 species. We banded only our second Eastern Towhee of the fall, which is surprising since we caught 38 at the site last fall. We also are starting to catch more Yellow-rumped Warblers and Swamp Sparrows, which is typical for this time of year. We should see a surge in them as this cold front pushes through tonight but it will bring strong winds, making it difficult to operate nets tomorrow morning. This will bring us our coldest weather yet and hopefully we will stay below 80 degrees for the rest of the season!


Swamp Sparrow (after-hatch-year, unknown sex)
-Michael



SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2
-
1
1
Downy Woodpecker
-
1
-
-
Eastern Phoebe
1
-
1
-
White-eyed Vireo
-
1
-
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
1
-
-
House Wren
2
-
3
-
Carolina Wren
-
1
-
-
Gray Catbird
6
24
8
6
Eastern Towhee
1
-
1
-
Swamp Sparrow
-
1
3
-
Common Yellowthroat
2
-
1
-
Northern Parula
2
-
1
-
Blackpoll Warbler
-
-
-
1
Palm Warbler
-
-
4
-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
-
-
2
-
Painted Bunting
-
1
-
1



Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
16
25
41
# of Recaptures
30
9
39
# of Species
13
12
16
Effort (net-hours)
102.5
59.25
161.75
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
44.9
57.4
49.5
# of Nets
28
20
48


2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
2,763
2,116
4,879
# of Recaptures
655
276
931
# of Species
65
63
77
Effort (net-hours)
6709.3
2804.55
9513.85
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
50.9
85.3
61.1
# of Days5948-

Banding Staff

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