Today was a cloudy day filled with recaptures, mostly Gray Catbirds that will remain for the winter. Some birds like Gray Catbirds, may remain on Kiawah for the winter until they migrate to their breeding territories in spring. One such Catbird has been wintering here for three years. Recaptures like this are part of what makes banding so great. Knowing that the same bird has come to the same spot for three years gives us insight into how old birds can live, what habitats they like, when they arrive and leave, etc. We will get many more recaptures this winter and hopefully they will return next year! Our totals for the day were 30 banded birds of 12 species, and 40 recaptures of 8 species.
- Joanne
Little Bear
Today was an extremely slow day. We had a total of 16 newly banded birds and 18 recaptured birds.
The highlight of the day was capturing a beautiful AHY female Painted Bunting and an Orange-crowned Warbler. Hopefully tomorrow will pick up, bringing in some more birds.
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| After-hatch year female Painted Bunting (Banded on 9/22/2018) |
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| After-hatch year female Painted Bunting |
-Kristin
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Yellow Billed Cuckoo
| 1 | 1 | ||
Eastern Phoebe
| 1 | |||
White-eyed Vireo
| 1 | |||
Carolina Chickadee
| 1 | |||
House Wren
| 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Carolina Wren
| 2 | 1 | ||
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
| 2 | 1 | ||
Gray Catbird
| 14 | 28 | 10 | 8 |
Brown Thrasher
| 1 | |||
Northern Mockingbird
| 1 | |||
Eastern Towhee
| 1 | 1 | ||
Swamp Sparrow
| 2 | |||
Orange-crowned Warbler
| 1 | |||
Common Yellowthroat
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cape May Warbler
| 1 | |||
Northern Parula
| 1 | |||
Blackpoll Warbler
| 1 | |||
Black-throated Blue Warbler
| 1 | |||
| Western Palm Warbler | 2 | |||
| Myrtle Warbler | 2 | |||
| Northern Cardinal | 3 | |||
| Painted Bunting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
30
|
16
|
46
|
| # of Recaptures |
40
|
18
|
58
|
| # of Species |
16
|
14
|
22
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
166.9
|
110
|
276.9
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
41.9
|
30.9
|
37.5
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
2900
|
2,240
|
5140
|
| # of Recaptures |
736
|
320
|
1056
|
| # of Species |
66
|
68
|
79
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
7161.65
|
3064.3
|
10225.95
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
50.7
|
83.5
|
60.6
|
| # of Days | 62 | 51 | - |
Banding Staff
Michael Gamble (CS)
Meredith Heather (LB)
Danaé Mouton (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Joanne Hamilton (CS)
Joel Throckmorton (LB)
