We had quite the cold snap over the night! Our site was opened at 51 degrees and it remained cool all day, which was a nice change for us bird folk as well as the birds themselves. Some of us northerners were getting a little worried that fall was never coming. The cold air and NW winds brought us some new migrants including our first of the season Field Sparrow!
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| Field Sparrow |
-Dan
Little Bear:
The first-of-season species continue to roll in at Little Bear! We were waiting on a Blue-headed Vireo and captured our first today, two weeks after Captain Sam's first. We also captured a colorful Golden-crowned Kinglet! Males and females of this species both have yellow crowns, but only males like this one have orange as well.
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| Male Golden-crowned Kinglet |
And, just as I predicted a few days ago, we captured out first Sharp-shinned Hawk! This was an especially exciting bird because we don't capture many adults, and this one was a recap. This adult male was banded at Little Bear as an after-second year in 2017.
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| Adult male Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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| The eyes of Sharp-shinned Hawks will redden and become darker as they age |
-Arcata
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Eastern Phoebe
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Blue-headed Vireo
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
House Wren
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Gray-cheeked Thrush
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Gray Catbird
|
11
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
Field Sparrow
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Song Sparrow
|
5
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Northern Waterthrush
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Tennessee Warbler
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Orange-crowned Warbler
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
American Redstart
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
5
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
Palm Warbler (Western)
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
| Northern Cardinal | - | 1 | - | - |
| Painted Bunting | - | - | - | 1 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
46
|
31
|
77
|
| # of Recaptures |
9
|
10
|
19
|
| # of Species |
17
|
19
|
25
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
140.8
|
82.6
|
223.4
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
39.1
|
49.6
|
43.0
|
| # of Nets |
28
|
20
|
48
|
| 2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded |
3,716
|
2,386
|
6,102
|
| # of Recaptures |
836
|
383
|
1,219
|
| # of Species |
81
|
74
|
97
|
| Effort (net-hours) |
9,157.2
|
4,301.8
|
13,459
|
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) |
49.7
|
64.4
|
54.4
|
| # of Days | 69 | 58 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Bethany Darby (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Dave Sandahl (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Arcata Leavitt (LB)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
