Big flocks of Yellow-rumps!

CAPTAIN SAMS

I knew today was going to be busier but did not expect this!  We banded 129 new birds and had 23 recaptures of 17 different species.  As usually for this time of year Yellow-rumped Warblers made up 90% of all the new birds banded today.  However, the large flocks of yellow-rumps that we are seeing now normally show up in the beginning to middle part of November.  They are running late this year along with a several of other of our "winter" species.  

Thanks to the KICA Lakes crew for coming out on quick notice to help me manage all those birds.

-Aaron

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	1	-	-	-
Eastern Phoebe	1	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	1	-	-
House Wren	-	1	-	-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	-	1	-	-
Hermit Thrush	1	5	-	-
American Robin	2	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	2	-	-
Yellow-breasted Chat	-	1	-	-
Eastern Towhee	1	-	-	-
Song Sparrow	2	2	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	1	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	2	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	-	1	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	116	7	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	129	-	129
# of Recaptures	23	-	24
# of Species	17	-	17
Effort (net-hours)	202.4	-	202.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	75.1	-	75.6
# of Nets	28	-	28

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,490	2,561	7,051
# of Recaptures	1,119	454	1,573
# of Species	86	79	104
Effort (net-hours)	12,193.9	5,265.75	17,459.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	46.0	57.3	49.4
# of Days	90	71	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS) 
Ryan Donnelly (CS)
James Wilson (CS)
Roy Robertson (CS)