Keira Nightly Heron

Captain Sam's:

Hello from the porch at the field house!

Some people already know that my favorite bird is the Common Loon.

But did you know that my favorite warbler is the Black and White Warbler? Its song is simple and sweet and unlike many of its bright yellow cohort, these little fluffers are cute bundles of striking black and white feathers. They're just beautiful aren't they?

Is that blue steel?

This is an adult male, you can tell by the way that it is.

Striking under-tail coverts!

My little warbler, whose banding code is BAWW (because its so cute), was one of 126 birds we had at the station today. Other highlights included a Marsh Wren which was our first at the station this season and we continued with the beginning push of Eastern Phoebes.

We are hoping for a good push of new species tomorrow. We are keeping our eyes out for the first Swamp Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, or maybe something rare and exciting. Keep those fingers, toes, and eyes crossed for us!

- Dave

Little Bear:

So basically, we out here catchin' birds day in and day out. All in all it's pretty nifty. Sometimes we get a real treat though. Kind of like we did today. Beth stumbled upon a Yellow-crowned Night-heron hanging out low in one of our nets! This was the second one ever for KIBS. The first one was also a hatch year and was caught back in 2016 at Little Bear.

Dan hanging with the Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Josh got to band his first ever Night-heron. You can see the excitement in his face.

We also caught our second Yellow-bellied Flycatcher of the season, which was a life bird for me. Then to top it all off we caught our first of the season Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Bird up.

- Dan

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-crowned Night-heron	-	-	1	-
Eastern Wood-Pewee	-	-	2	-
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	-	-	1	-
Eastern Phoebe	1	1	2	-
White-eyed Vireo	1	-	1	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	1
House Wren	3	-	4	-
Marsh Wren	1	-	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	-	-	1	-
Swainson's Thrush	2	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	40	13	52	3
Black-and-white Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	39	3	16	2
American Redstart	10	-	1	-
Northern Parula	2	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	-	-	1	-
Western Palm Warbler	4	-	4	-
Northern Cardinal	-	-	-	1
Indigo Bunting	1	-	1	-
Painted Bunting	2	-	6	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	108	93	201
# of Recaptures	18	10	28
# of Species	15	17	22
Effort (net-hours)	151.2	88.95	240.15
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	83.3	115.8	95.4
# of Nets	28	20	48

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	2,497	1,435	3,932
# of Recaptures	471	204	675
# of Species	58	57	72
Effort (net-hours)	6,530.55	2,558.8	9,089.35
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	45.4	64.1	50.7
# of Days	51	40	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (CS)
Dave Sandahl (CS) 
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Jane Chandler (CS)
Vin Spagnuolo (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Dan Errichetti (LB)
Bethany Darby (LB)
Ryan Donnelly (LB)