With northwest winds last night I was kind of expecting today to be pretty good. But then I checked the radar this morning and it appeared that not much was moving last night. To my surprise, we captured 50 new birds and had 40 recaptures of 12 different species. Yellow-rumped Warblers led the way with 42 banded and another 21 recaptured. A Painted Bunting was a nice bird for late November. This bird had some fat so it will not likely be sticking around very long. We also banded our 2nd Field Sparrow of the fall! This is a species that we rarely catch and some years miss it completely.
-Aaron
 |
| Field Sparrow (After hatch-year, sex unknown) |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
House Wren
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Hermit Thrush
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
Field Sparrow
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Song Sparrow
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Orange-crowned Warbler
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
|
42
|
21
|
-
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
50
|
-
|
50
|
| # of Recaptures |
40
|
-
|
40
|
| # of Species |
12
|
-
|
12
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
173.6
|
-
|
173.6
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
51.8
|
-
|
51.8
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
-
|
28
|
| 2018 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
3,909
|
2,710
|
6,619
|
| # of Recaptures |
1,201
|
541
|
1,742
|
| # of Species |
78
|
76
|
94
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
11,645.8
|
4,978.25
|
16,624.1
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
43.9
|
65.3
|
50.3
|
| # of Days | 95 | 74 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Chris Snook (CS)
