See Ya Later Alligator!

Captain Sam's:

Hello to all you fellow bird nerds, we are back up and running today at Captain Sam's! Despite the warm and muggy conditions, we had a pretty exciting morning out at the nets! The crew's first run of the morning yielded some fun birds including a season-first Veery and a Captain Sam's and fall-migration-banding-first Sora!! These little chickens of the marsh have giant feet and are very secretive when moving through reeds and cattails. Check this one out!

 

(Photo: Josh Lefever)

Little Bear:

The crew finished up banding birds at Captain Sam's and then headed over to Little Bear to set up nets again after Hurricane Dorian pushed through last week. We all suffered from blood loss to some hungry mosquitoes and encountered an American alligator that had moved in while we were away.

(Photo: Dave Sandahl)

- Dave S

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Sora	1	-	-	-
White-eyed Vireo	1	1	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	3	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	4	-	-
Veery	3	-	-	-
Ovenbird	5	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	6	-	-	-
American Redstart	1	1	-	-
Yellow-breasted Chat	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	4	-	-
Painted Bunting	1	1	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	22	-	22
# of Recaptures	12	-	12
# of Species	12	-	12
Effort (net-hours)	123.2	-	123.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	27.6	-	27.6
# of Nets	28	-	28

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	397	212	609
# of Recaptures	167	56	223
# of Species	32	24	36
Effort (net-hours)	2,330.05	627.9	2,957.95
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	24.2	42.7	28.2
# of Days	19	11	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS) 
Dave Sandahl (CS)
Bethany Darby (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Josh Lefever (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (CS)