FOS Sedge Wren!

Captain Sam's:

It was a delightful morning out on the spit. A light fog lingered over the river, and several White Ibises flew overhead. On the first net run, I didn't encounter a single bird to extract. This, I took as a bad sign. My next few runs improved, however, and we managed to process a total of 33 birds, 25 of which were new.

The best part of the day, unequivocally, was when Aaron informed us of a couple of Sedge Wrens hanging around net 4. So we planned our attack and successfully flushed not one, but TWO Sedge Wrens into the net! The last time a Sedge Wren was banded at KIBS was in 2014!

Hatch Year, Sedge Wren

Sedge Wrens are very small wrens, comparable in size to Winter Wrens. Our new friends weighed in at 7.6 grams and 8.4 grams! Sedge Wrens breed in sedge marshes and wet meadows. For more information on Sedge Wrens see here.

-Beth



Little Berry:

The Little Bear crew was quite jealous of Captain Sam's Sedge Wrens today! However we captured a few interesting birds of our own. Another Orange-crowned Warbler made its way into our nets, unfortunately without its namesake crown but a fun bird nonetheless! We also banded a late Northern Parula, with the last one being captured over a week ago. The Yellow-rumped Warblers are starting to come through in flocks and we recaptured a female today that was banded in 2015 as an after-hatch year, making her at least five years old! The flocks of yellow rumps are typically followed by Sharp-shinned Hawks, so we're hoping to get our first one in the nets this week.

-Arcata

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	-	-	1	-
Downy Woodpecker	-	1	-	-
Eastern Phoebe	1	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	-	2
House Wren	3	-	1	-
Sedge Wren	2	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	4	4	1	2
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	-	1
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	3	1	1	1
Cape May Warbler	-	-	1	-
Northern Parula	-	-	1	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	-	-	-	1
Palm Warbler (Western)	2	1	3	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	9	-	5	1
Northern Cardinal	-	-	-	1
Indigo Bunting	-	-	1	-
Painted Bunting	1	-	1	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	25	18	43
# of Recaptures	7	10	17
# of Species	9	16	19
Effort (net-hours)	145.6	100	245.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	22.0	28.0	24.8
# of Nets	28	20	48

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,658	2,345	6,003
# of Recaptures	817	369	1,186
# of Species	80	71	95
Effort (net-hours)	8,897.4	4,129.2	13,026.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	50.3	65.7	55.1
# of Days	68	57	-

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