Today Was a Hoot

Captain Sam's:

It was a slow day at Captain Sam's with only 11 birds captured total. We banded a female Black-and-white Warbler a few days ago on November 9 and we have continued to recapture her multiple times a day since then. She may just be resting on the spit, but Black-and-white Warblers winter in parts of the southeastern US so she may be spending the winter months with us on Kiawah!

Little Bear:


Today we caught another Eastern Screech-owl, but not too much else. Winds from the south made today a bit warmer than the previous few mornings, but it also slowed down the bird activity at the station. Even though today's was the 4th Screech-owl banded at Little Bear this fall, it was Dan's first. Since the assistants rotate between working at each station, Dan had missed out on the first 3. It was great to have another today for him, since now everyone on the crew has gotten to have a Screech-owl in the hand this season!

Happy Dan with our Eastern Screech-owl, a hatch-year

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Eastern Screech-Owl	-	-	1	-
Eastern Phoebe	1	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	-	2	1	-
House Wren	-	-	1	1
Hermit Thrush	-	1	1	-
Gray Catbird	-	2	-	-
Song Sparrow	1	1	1	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Black-and-white Warbler	-	1	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	-	1	8	-
Painted Bunting	-	-	1	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3	14	17
# of Recaptures	9	2	11
# of Species	8	7	11
Effort (net-hours)	138.7	102	239.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	7.9	15.7	12.1
# of Nets	28	20	48

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,994	2,548	6,542
# of Recaptures	953	442	1,395
# of Species	83	79	100
Effort (net-hours)	10,608.3	5,140.4	15,748.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	46.6	58.2	50.4
# of Days	79	69	-

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