Captain Sammy's:
Today we started out a great few runs! We had two FOS (first of the season) for KIBS. First new bird was the Wood Thrush. This guy was hanging out around one of our nets. As I got closer to the bird, I realized this would be a new bird for this station. Hoping to get this bird in the net, I avoided going near the bird, but yet trying to get the bird to fly into the net. To my best luck, the bird flew in! How cool is that!
Wood Thrush are one of my favorite birds in the thrush family. Their flute like call is like melody to your ears. You can find them breeding in mature deciduous and mixed forest in eastern North America. Check out this link and listen to that beautiful call! Wood Thrush Call
The other bird that was new for KIBS was a House Wren. These birds are natures jukebox. They sound like mini little rappers! Smaller than the Carolina Wren but still a little sassy bird when upset.
They are cavity nester and will gladly take a nest boxes if present, or will just find somewhere unique to settle and raise young! We unfortunately did not get a picture of this little bird, but here is a website that shows images and what their call will sound like! House Wren
-Kristin
Littlest Bear:
The forecast suggested today was going to be pretty slow at Little Bear, so a few of us took bets on exactly how many new birds we'd catch. This silly guy...
...watched a ton of The Price Is Right growing up and he bet "One Dollar Bob" after everyone else bet somewhere around 15 birds. Well it didn't work out for him. In fact, we all underestimated the day because we ended up with 24 new birds and 2 recaptures. Luckily we all won though because we got our first Mourning Warbler!
Think this job is easy? Likely not, but if you did, check out these two birds side-by-side! We must always correctly identify birds in hand, even ones as similar as these two. Can you ID them?
We also snagged a few more beauts in the nets today including a couple of Prairie Warblers, a female Black-Throated Blue Warbler, and a Big-BRTH-a otherwise known as Brown Thrasher. So all-in-all, I may not have won the bidding game, but we all certainly came home feeling like we won the Showcase Showdown and Bob Barker would be proud of that!
- Dave "Sandhill Crane"
Today we started out a great few runs! We had two FOS (first of the season) for KIBS. First new bird was the Wood Thrush. This guy was hanging out around one of our nets. As I got closer to the bird, I realized this would be a new bird for this station. Hoping to get this bird in the net, I avoided going near the bird, but yet trying to get the bird to fly into the net. To my best luck, the bird flew in! How cool is that!
Wood Thrush are one of my favorite birds in the thrush family. Their flute like call is like melody to your ears. You can find them breeding in mature deciduous and mixed forest in eastern North America. Check out this link and listen to that beautiful call! Wood Thrush Call
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| A beautiful Wood Thrush |
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| Check out Katie (volunteer) holding the beautiful Wood Thrush! |
They are cavity nester and will gladly take a nest boxes if present, or will just find somewhere unique to settle and raise young! We unfortunately did not get a picture of this little bird, but here is a website that shows images and what their call will sound like! House Wren
-Kristin
Littlest Bear:
The forecast suggested today was going to be pretty slow at Little Bear, so a few of us took bets on exactly how many new birds we'd catch. This silly guy...
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| Silly Dave |
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| Not Actually In Mourning. (Photo by: Dave Sandahl) |
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| Mourning Warbler (Photo by: Josh Lefever) |
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| Common Yellowthroat (Left) and Mourning Warbler (Right) |
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| Mourning Warbler (Left) and Common Yellowthroat (Right) (Photos by: Josh Lefever) |
- Dave "Sandhill Crane"
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
White-Eyed Vireo
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Red-Eyed Vireo
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
Wood Thrush
| 1 |
-
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
-
|
Brown Thrasher
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Ovenbird
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Mourning Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
8
|
3
|
10
|
-
|
Yellow Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Black-Throated Blue Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
26
|
24
|
50
|
| # of Recaptures |
9
|
2
|
11
|
| # of Species |
12
|
12
|
16
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
145.6
|
66.0
|
211.6
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
23.4
|
39.4
|
28.8
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
1,077
|
519
|
1,596
|
| # of Recaptures |
287
|
126
|
413
|
| # of Species |
45
|
38
|
52
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
4,155.15
|
1400.5
|
5,555.65
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
32.8
|
46.1
|
36.2
|
| # of Days | 33 | 24 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Katie Doherty (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (LB)
Dave Sandahl (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)
