Walk Me Out in the Mournin' Dew Today

CAPTAIN SAMS

The dew point has been in the low 40's lately.  That coupled with a relatively high humidity and an air temperatures in the low 40's results in a very wet morning.  The grasses and shrubs are soaked, the nets are soaked, and I am soaked by the time I get done opening all the nets.  Today was especially wet and it took me an hour and ten minutes to open all 28 nets.  When the nets are dry, this process usually takes me about 40 minutes.  

Bird activity slowed down from yesterday but I still banded 47 new birds and had 17 recaptures of 11 species.  Over the past few days, male Yellow-rumped Warblers have significantly outnumbered females.  This is not uncommon as it seems that males and females tend to stick together.  If we catch a small flock (or a big flock) of Yellow-rumps in a net, the flock is significantly skewed to one sex.  

-Aaron    

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	-	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	3	1	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Hermit Thrush	1	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	1	2	-	-
Song Sparrow	1	1	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	1	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	-	1	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	2	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	38	6	-	-
Palm Warbler (Western)	1	-	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	47	-	47
# of Recaptures	17	-	17
# of Species	11	-	11
Effort (net-hours)	158.7	-	158.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	40.3	-	40.3
# of Nets	28	-	28

2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,537	2,561	7,098
# of Recaptures	1,137	454	1,591
# of Species	86	79	104
Effort (net-hours)	12,352.6	5,265.75	17,618.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	45.9	57.3	49.3
# of Days	91	71	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)