Captain Sam's:
The Carolina Bird Club came out to visit us at Captain Sam's this morning. Unfortunately, it was very windy and also very slow. We caught a total of 16 birds, 4 of which were recaps. My favorite birds of the day included a female, after hatch year Cape May Warbler and a hatch year Veery.
-Beth
Little Bear:
Well folks, if you recall my post from two days ago, I talked about a certain little bird we've been trying to catch out at Little Bear. I've got good news for you, after two weeks of waking up at 4:45 in the morning to get out to the station and set up the nets in the cover of darkness, we finally caught an Eastern Screech Owl!
This was the first owl I've ever held and it was just a thrill for me because for a birder that primarily identifies birds by ear, the Eastern Screech Owl was the first bird I ever identified by sound!
The Carolina Bird Club came out to visit us at Captain Sam's this morning. Unfortunately, it was very windy and also very slow. We caught a total of 16 birds, 4 of which were recaps. My favorite birds of the day included a female, after hatch year Cape May Warbler and a hatch year Veery.
-Beth
Little Bear:
Well folks, if you recall my post from two days ago, I talked about a certain little bird we've been trying to catch out at Little Bear. I've got good news for you, after two weeks of waking up at 4:45 in the morning to get out to the station and set up the nets in the cover of darkness, we finally caught an Eastern Screech Owl!
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| Such a cutie! Eastern Screech Owl in Red Morph (Photo by: Dave Sandahl) |
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| Dave with his first owl! (Photo by: Josh Lefever) |
We didn't get a ton more birds after the owl, but Arcata did extract and band a beautiful Black-Throated Blue Warbler today too!
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| Hatch Year Male Black-Throated Blue Warbler |
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| Look at that male model! (Photos by: Dave Sandahl) |
- Dave
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Eastern Screech Owl
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Veery
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
6
|
1
|
5
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Cape May Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Yellow Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Western Palm Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
Prairie Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Northern Cardinal
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Painted Bunting
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
12
|
19
|
31
|
| # of Recaptures |
4
|
2
|
6
|
| # of Species |
9
|
10
|
19
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
122.8
|
47.5
|
170.3
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
13
|
44.2
|
57.2
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
19
|
47
|
| 2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
1,223
|
651
|
1,874
|
| # of Recaptures |
304
|
140
|
444
|
| # of Species |
53
|
44
|
63
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
4,813.25
|
1,622.8
|
6,436.05
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
31.7
|
48.7
|
36.0
|
| # of Days | 37 | 28 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Bethany Darby (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (LB)
Dave Sandahl (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)
