Three new FOS!

Captain Sam's:

We caught over twice as many birds today (34) as we did yesterday (16). Ten of which were Northern Waterthrush and nine American Redstarts. We also had 2 new first of season birds: an Ovenbird and a female Common Yellowthroat. We are expecting many more Common Yellowthroats throughout the season. Ovenbirds are chunkier than most warblers and are often found foraging on the forest floor.  They are one of the few species of songbirds that continue to sing into the summer afternoon, and their song is commonly known as "teacher, teacher, teacher." Learn more about Ovenbirds here.

Below is one of the 8 male American Redstarts that we caught today:

After hatch year, male American Redstart

Thanks to Chris Snook for helping us out today!

-Beth


Little Bear:

Today was a great day! with some great winds last night we caught our most birds for the season so far! With a total of 47 birds! My favorite for the day was a nice hatch-year male Black-and-white Warbler. These species are unique, because they act more like nuthatches. They forage more on tree sides than gleaning leaves for bugs like most warblers do. For more information on Black-and-white Warblers check out this link.
The Worm-eating Warbler is another warbler that has a unique foraging technique. They forage mainly on the ground, digging through leaf litter.
For more information on Worm-eating Warbler check out this link.
Both of these warblers are ground nesters making dome shape nest using grasses or leaf litter to create their nest. Below are both pictures of the species captured today.

Hatch-year Male Black-and-white Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

-Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	1	-	-	-
Traill's Flycatcher	1	-	1	-
Great Crested Flycatcher	1	-	-	-
White-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	2	-	2	-
Eastern Towhee	1	-	1	1
Ovenbird	1	-	-	-
Worm-eating Warbler	-	-	1	-
Northern Waterthrush	10	-	17	1
Black-and-white Warbler	1	-	1	-
Prothonotary Warbler	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	1	-
American Redstart	9	-	4
Yellow Warbler	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	2	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	-	-	2	3
Painted Bunting	1	2	3	5

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	32	37	69
# of Recaptures	2	10	12
# of Species	13	13	26
Effort (net-hours)	157.25	78	235.25
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	21.6	60.3	81.9
# of Nets	28	17	45

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	212	122	334
# of Recaptures	107	27	134
# of Species	26	15	28
Effort (net-hours)	1,310.65	272.1	1,582.75
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	24.3	54.75	29.6
# of Days	10	5	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS) 
Bethany Darby (CS)
Chris Snook (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)