Today was a productive day with 63 new birds banded and 12 recaptures, and our first sparrow of the season for the site! This hatch year White-crowned Sparrow is much drabber than an adult, and will have a striking black-and-white crown next spring.
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| Hatch-year White-crowned Sparrow (photos by Dave Sandahl) |
Thanks to the Kiawah Conservancy and Vin Spagnuolo for coming out to observe and assist banding today!
-Arcata
Little Bear:
Little bear had a great day with a total of 75 birds captured! And the cool part about that is Captain Sam's caught the same amount of birds! We got our first for the site, Northern Parula. These birds are an upper canopy species feeding mainly on insects. There is a little debate on how you would pronounce parula. The options of pronouncing it are "par-OOH-la", "PAR-el-la", or even "PAR-you-la". Now matter how you say it, they are an extremely beautiful bird and a site to see! Check out the photo below with a beautiful sunrise with the mist nets!
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Beautiful sunrise at Little Bear
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| Hatch-year Female Northern Parula |
-Kristin
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Wood-Pewee
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Red-eyed Vireo
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Carolina Wren
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Gray-cheeked Thrush
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
12
|
5
|
14
|
-
|
Brown Thrasher
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Towhee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
White-Crowned Sparrow
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Ovenbird
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
17
|
3
|
23
|
1
|
American Redstart
|
9
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Cape May Warbler
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Northern Parula
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Magnolia Warbler
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Yellow Warbler | - | - | 2 | - |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| Western Palm Warbler | 5 | - | 11 | - |
| Prairie Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
| Summer Tanager | 1 | - | - | - |
| Northern Cardinal | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Painted Bunting | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
63
|
71
|
134
|
| # of Recaptures |
12
|
4
|
16
|
| # of Species |
21
|
19
|
27
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
125.5
|
70
|
195.5
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
59.8
|
107.1
|
76.7
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
1,637
|
982
|
2,619
|
| # of Recaptures |
362
|
167
|
529
|
| # of Species |
55
|
48
|
66
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
5,459.65
|
2,060.8
|
7,520.45
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
36.6
|
55.7
|
41.8
|
| # of Days | 43 | 33 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (CS)
Dave Sandahl (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Bethany Darby (LB)
