A rare August cold front gave us a brief reprieve from the heat and humidity that we have been experiencing. Unfortunately, the winds associated with the cold front were from the northeast which limited the number of birds that reached us on the coast. We get really excited when west or northwest winds are predicted! It looks like the heat and humidity be will returning tomorrow. On another weather related note, we are watching what is now Tropical Storm Dorian which is heading toward the Caribbean. It is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane tomorrow and could affect south Florida by Saturday. It's still too early to tell if this storm will affect us here in South Carolina. Now back to the birds...
Today we banded 32 new species and had 7 recaptures of 13 species. Common Yellowthroats , which are the most commonly banded species at KIBS, started making their presence known with 11 banded.
-Aaron
LITTLE BEAR
We had a sunny and brief banding session at Little Bear this morning. Yesterday's overcast skies and high bird activity were gone, but we managed 15 captures before closing early due to the heat. There were still some highlights- a very approachable Chuck-wills-widow that we found before opening nets, and another handsome young Black-and-white Warbler. I also photographed a vivacious young male Eastern Towhee, beginning to get some of its black and rufous body feathers.
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
White-eyed Vireo
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Brown Thrasher
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
Northern Waterthrush |
-
4 |
-
1 |
1
3 |
-
- |
Black-and-White Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Yellow Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
| Prairie Warbler | 6 | - | 2 | - |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Painted Bunting | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
32
|
11
|
43
|
| # of Recaptures |
7
|
4
|
11
|
| # of Species |
15
|
8
|
15
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
161.5
|
62.7
|
224.2
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
24.2
|
23.9
|
24.1
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
244
|
133
|
377
|
| # of Recaptures |
114
|
31
|
145
|
| # of Species |
26
|
15
|
28
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
1472.15
|
296
|
1768.15
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
24.3
|
55.4
|
29.5
|
| # of Days | 11 | 6 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Bethany Darby (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)
