Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Junco in the Trunko

Captain Sam's:
After a very slow morning, our numbers picked up today thanks to a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers! We finished the day with 41 new birds banded and 8 recaps of 14 species. We were treated to our second White-throated Sparrow and second Golden-crowned Kinglet of the season.

Little Bear

So we've been practicing Spanish around the house "antes de" Dan's big trip to Spain after the season is done so we've been using a lot of Spanglish like Junco in the Trunko. But guess what? We also got a Dark-eyed Junco today! She had zero fat on her so we think she traveled quite a ways to get here, but we welcomed her with the normal paparazzi fanfare and snapped a couple of pictures.


Not too shabby for a cell phone pic, eh?

I tried the head-on shot, how'd it work out guys?

There she is, what a beaut!

It got pretty darn slow after that, but we did have a good day for kinglets and I thought I'd share a picture for my mom because they're one of her favorite birds to have in hand. Love you mom!


Hi Mom!

Ruby crown poking through.


- Dave "Loves His Mom" Sandahl


  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Eastern Pheobe
2
-
1
-
Carolina Chickadee
-
2
-
1
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
1
-
-
-
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
2
1
6
-
House Wren
-
1
2
-
Hermit Thrush
2
-
1
-
Gray Catbird
1
1
1
3
(Slate-Colored) Dark-Eyed Junco 
-
-
1
-
Song Sparrow
1
-
2
-
Swamp Sparrow
2
-
3
1
White-Throated Sparrow
1
-
-
-
Tennessee Warbler
-
-
1
-
Orange-Crowned Warbler
3
-
1
-
Common Yellowthroat
-
-
-
1
(Western) Palm Warbler
-
-
1
2
Black-Throated Blue Warbler
1
-
-
-
(Myrtle) Yellow-Rumped Warbler
25
2
6
-
Painted Bunting




Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
41
26
67
# of Recaptures
8
9
17
# of Species
14
15
18
Effort (net-hours)
155.4
107.2
262.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
31.5
32.6
32.0
# of Nets
28
20
48



2019 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
3,894
2,473
6,367
# of Recaptures
897
413
1,310
# of Species
83
76
99
Effort (net-hours)
9,906.3
4,769.0
14,675.3
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
48.4
60.5
52.3
# of Days7363-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Arcata Leavitt (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Bill Kee (CS)
Dave Sandahl (LB) 
Josh Lefever (LB)