31st of August

Captain Sam's:

Western winds today blew in many new migrants to Kiawah. We had 49 new birds and 8 recaptures for a total of 57 birds, with 12 species represented. The diversity of migrants is starting to pick up, and we banded several species of warblers today including Prairie, Prothonotary, Black-and-white, and Worm-eating. These birds are traveling from their northern breeding grounds in the US and Canada to wintering areas in the Caribbean and Central and South America. 

  After hatch-year male Prairie Warbler. Photo by Sarah Mueller

             

After hatch-year male Black-and-white warbler. Photo by Sarah Mueller

We are also beginning to see numbers of Common Yellowthroats pick up (with 3 banded today), foreshadowing the many hundreds to come later in the season.

-Sarah M

Little Bear:

Today was a great start in the morning. A little storm off the coast this morning gave us a few first of the seasons for Little Bear! Check out this beautiful sunrise this morning of the coast. It's always a great way to start our morning after setting up our nets.

Photo by Kristin Attinger

We had a total of 21 newly banded birds. Unfortunately we did not have any recaptures. Our first of the season birds were Common Yellowthroat, Black-and-white Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat and the best for last, Eastern Kingbird.

Below is Dan and I holding our FOS Yellow-breasted Chats. You can tell we were pretty excited to see these beauts in the hand! 

Photo by Josh Lefever

When looking at molt in the chats, we look for what is called an eccentric molt. This means the bird as replaced the outer primaries but not all the primary feathers on the wing. When looking at the photo below, you can see that what is outlined in blue is the new feathers that have been replaced and what is outlined in red is the old feathers. 

Photo by Kristin Attinger

Another cool thing to look at when aging birds is the growth bars on the tail feathers. As you can see, the red arrows pointing at the dark shades in the tail feathers. While looking at the tail, you can see how the dark bars line up with each feather going across the tail. This indicates that the tail grew in at the same time making this bird a hatch year. If the bars were uneven and sparse out then this would indicate that the bird was older and that the feathers were grown in at different times. 

Photo by Kristin Attinger

-Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Eastern Kingbird	-	-	1	-
Traill's Flycatcher	6	-	1	-
Red-eyed Vireo	11	-	2	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Yellow-breasted Chat	-	-	2	-
Worm-eating Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	13	4	8	-
Black-and-white Warbler	2	-	1	-
Prothonotary Warbler	2	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	3	-	2	-
American Redstart	5	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	3	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	3	2	1	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	58	21	79
# of Recaptures	8	-	8
# of Species	12	10	22
Effort (net-hours)	140.1	88	228.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	40.7	23.86	38.1
# of Nets	30	20	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	367	139	506
# of Recaptures	135	25	160
# of Species	30	27	35
Effort (net-hours)	1,828.02	738.55	2,566.57
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	27.5	22.2	25.9
# of Days	16	8	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Sarah Mueller (CS)
Sarah Stewart (CS)
Vincent Weber (CS)
Dan Errichetti (LB)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)

Redstart-ing Migration

 Captain Sam's:

This morning surprised us with some cooler (by our standards) weather, so we were able to keep our nets open for longer and catch a good number of birds! We ended the day with 37 individuals, split almost down the middle between new captures and recaptures. Along with the usual Northern Waterthrushes and Painted Buntings, we had a male Downy Woodpecker, Ovenbird, and female Black-throated Blue Warbler - all hatch years - fly into our nets. Our favorite birds of the day, however, were 2 adult male American Redstarts. Highly distinguishable from other warblers by their orange and black color-blocked plumage, they are always a treat to see. While it is easy to tell the difference between an adult male and female for this species, it can be tricky to sex hatch-year individuals. Keep reading to learn how we do this in the field from the Little Bear crew!

Adult male American Redstart. Check out that vibrant orange flank!
Photo by Sarah Mueller

- Sarah S. 

 

Little Bear:

Well its good to be back. Good to see some old friends, avian and human. I enjoyed my first day back at Little Bear with Josh and Kristin and got my hands on some of the usual suspects like Painted Buntings, Northern Waterthrushes, Prairie Warblers and a Carolina Wren. Josh deployed a couple more radio-tags on the Painted Buntings for the Motus project that he mentioned yesterday and we enjoyed Little Bear's first of the season Black-throated Blue Warbler that was an After Hatch-year Male. We were also able to get a pair of Prairie Warblers and American Redstarts for some nice in-hand comparisons. 

After Hatch-year Black-throated Blue Warbler (Photo: Josh L.)

 

As Sarah mentioned above, determining the sex for Hatch-year American Redstarts can be a bit more subtle than when they are adults. In the photo below we are comparing the color in the "armpit" of the birds as well as down the flank. The bird on the left is a male and shows more of an orange hue than the female that is on the right, which is more yellow. This is one characteristic we look at when aging Hatch-year American Redstarts, but we will also use other characteristics like black feathers on the head or face (indicating male) as well as wing length. Caution! Mature adult females can begin to show the orange hue seen on this young male. This is why it is critical to first look for a molt limit before sexing!

 

Hatch-year male American Redstart (left) and Hatch-year female (right) (Photo: Josh L.)

 

For another comparison, we delve deeper into the intricacies of what I like to call "the feather map". Here we are looking at two male Prairie Warblers. The one on the left is a Hatch-year (immature) and the other is an After Hatch-year (adult). The top arrow on the left bird is pointing to the first alula feather or as we call it, the A1. Its a tiny feather, but if you can make it out, you'll see that it's actually darker and contrasting with the adjacent feather to the right, which is the A2. This is the molt limit we used to age this bird. The A1 is a newer and fresher feather than the A2. You can see that the bird on the right is showing the same density and darkness of the A1, A2 and A3 feathers that are pointed out by the blue arrows. That's because there is no molt limit here. All the feathers are the same age. The bottom arrow on the immature bird (left) is pointing at the primary coverts. These feathers are more faded and paler than the row of greater coverts to the left that are pointed out by the blue line. Compare them to the adult's primary coverts. Notice they are also rounded whereas the adult's primary coverts form a straight edge accented by the red bar and arrow. This is a shape difference we note when aging warblers. The photo below demonstrates the shape difference in the tail feathers. Again the immature (Hatch-Year) bird is on the left and the adult (After Hatch-year) is on the right. The tail feathers of the adult are more rounded and truncate where the immature tail is much more pointed.

 

Hatch-year Prairie Warbler (left) and After Hatch-year Prairie Warbler (right) (Photo Josh L.)

Hatch-year Prairie Warbler (left) and After Hatch-year Prairie Warbler (right) (Photo Josh L.)

Happy trails and birding!

- Dan E.

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	1	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	-	-	2	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	2	-	-
Carolina Wren	2	2	1	-
Ovenbird	1	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	6	8	5	4
American Redstart	5	-	2	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	1	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	5	-
Northern Cardinal	-	-	1	1
Painted Bunting	5	4	2	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	20	19	39
# of Recaptures	17	7	24
# of Species	8	8	11
Effort (net-hours)	155.17	108	263.17
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	23.8	24.1	23.9
# of Nets	30	20	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	309	118	427
# of Recaptures	128	25	151
# of Species	30	23	35
Effort (net-hours)	1687.92	650.55	2338.47
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	25.9	21.98	24.7
# of Days	15	7	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Sarah Mueller (CS)
Sarah Stewart (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Dan Errichetti (LB)

29th of August

Captain Sam's:

Today was quite windy. We opened up all our nets, but by 9 had most of them closed. We came out with a total of 11 newly banded birds and 8 recaptures. Our highlight of the day was capturing a Black-and-white Warbler for both Sarahs. Seeing their excitement was a sight to see. My favorite bird captured today was a Red-eyed Vireo. These birds are quite easy to age, by using the color of the eye or looking for molt limits in the feathers on the wing. Looking at the two photos below, you can see that both birds are the same, Red-eyed Vireo, but there is a slight difference. The difference is the eye color. A juvenile Red-eyed Vireo will first start out with a brown/dark eye color, then it will change to red. This is easy during the start of fall migration. We look at the eye as a quick reference, but looking at molt limits is the main focus when aging any birds. This is just a bonus treat when aging. For fun, we like to call them "brown-eyed vireos" instead. 

Red-eyed Vireo: AHY unknown sex

Red-eyed Vireo:  HY unknown sex (photo credits: Josh Levefer)

Hopefully tomorrow will bring in some more birds. It was great to be back at CS for the day! I can't wait to see what delightful birds are in hold for this season! 

---Kristin

Little Bear:

Even though the wind kept our capture rate low, it was still a productive morning at Little Bear. Today Aaron made the rare site switch and came to the east end of the island to help me get some practice putting small radio transmitters on Painted Buntings. The transmitters (aka nanotags) are worn by the bird like a little backpack that goes around their legs, and each one gives off a unique signal. This signal can be picked up by wildlife tracking towers positioned along the east coast (including here on Kiawah), whenever the birds flies past. Its all part of a global collaborative research initiative known as Motus. This is the second year of tracking Kiawah's Painted Buntings using the Motus network, and we hope to get several more tags deployed over the coming days and weeks.

We were also treated to the first Hooded Warbler of the season. This young female doesn't show much of the species' namesake hood, but given that our site only catches about 1-5 of them per year, it was real treat to catch her today. Here's to hoping that she isn't the last one either!

Hooded Warbler, Hatch-year female

-Josh

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Red-eyed Vireo	1		1
Carolina Wren		1
Northern Mockingbird	1
Northern Waterthrush	4	5	3	2
Black-and-white Warbler	1
Hooded Warbler			1
American Redstart	1		1
Northern Cardinal	1
Painted Bunting	2	2	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	11	7	18
# of Recaptures	8	2	10
# of Species	8	5	9
Effort (net-hours)	88.65	56.6	142.25
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	21.4	15.9	19.7
# of Nets	30	20	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	289	99	388
# of Recaptures	109	18	127
# of Species	30	22	35
Effort (net-hours)	1532.75	542.55	2075.3
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	26.0	21.6	24.8
# of Days	14	6	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (LB)
Sarah Mueller (CS)
Sarah Stewart (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)

Hmmmmm

Captain Sam's: 

It was a warm day at Captain Sam's, where we closed nets by 10:15 because of the heat. Still, we captured 27 birds (18 new and 9 recaptures), most of which were Northern Waterthrushes and Painted Buntings. One exciting capture today was a hatch-year male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Although we don't band hummingbirds, which requires a special permit (and very tiny bands!), we do still age and sex them. Adult male hummingbirds are quite obvious because of the colorful, iridescent gorget feathers on their throats, but females and young hummingbirds are more difficult to distinguish. First, we determine the age of the hummer. Young hummingbirds have grooves or "striations" running lengthwise down their bills that allow us to age them as hatch-years. Then we can look at the shape of the tail feathers to determine whether they're male or female.

-Sarah M

Little Bear:

Much like at Captain Sam's, we had a hot, muggy, and shortened day at the banding station. We also shared a similar highlight, catching our first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the season. Ours was also a hatch-year, but a female rather than a male. Below is a photograph of Captain Sam's young male, with a close up of our female's tail inlaid. Like Sarah M explained, Ruby-throateds, once aged, can be sexed by the shape of their tail feathers. Note the pointed shape of the male's tail feathers (left) compared to the rounded shape of the female's tail feathers (right).

Hatch-year Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, tail comparison
Photos by Sarah Stewart (HY male) and Josh Lefever (HY female, insert)

Hatch-year Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 
a moment before taking off to continue her first migration.

-Josh

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	-	1	-
Traill's Flycatcher	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	1	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	1
Eastern Towhee	-	-	1	-
Ovenbird	2	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	7	3	3	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	-	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	1	1	2	-
Painted Bunting	7	4	4	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	27	18	45
# of Recaptures	9	3	12
# of Species	6	9	15
Effort (net-hours)	114.9	83.3	198.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	23.5	21.6	45.1
# of Nets	30	20	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	278	92	370
# of Recaptures	101	16	117
# of Species	30	19	34
Effort (net-hours)	1,444.1	458.95	1,903.05
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	19.3	20.0	19.4
# of Days	13	5	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Sarah Mueller (CS)
Sarah Stewart (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)

Do you hear water running?

Captain Sam's: 

We had a productive morning at Captain Sam's today, which was a fun way to kick off my time here at KIBS. We caught 30 birds total (26 new, 4 recaptures) and 15 of those were Northern Waterthrushes. Because they're common in our nets this time of the season, we have a quick way to age based on their plumage. As you can see below, hatch-years will have buffy-tipped tertial feathers while after hatch-years will have solid, dark tertials. We can also age them by looking to see if there is a molt limit in the alular feathers. If there is a limit, it's a hatch-year - simple as that. 

Hatch-year Northern Waterthrush. Note buffy tips on tertials.
Photo by Aaron Given

After hatch-year Northern Waterthrush. Note solid-colored tertials.
Photo by Aaron Given

We also caught our FOS Black-Throated Blue Warbler - a hatch-year female - and another Worm-eating Warbler! There was only one that was caught last year, so it was an unexpected capture and brought our WEWA total up to 2 for the year. 

Black-throated Blue Warbler, hatch-year female
Photo by Sarah Stewart

Worm-eating Warbler, after hatch-year
Photo by Sarah Stewart

- Sarah S


Little Bear:

Today was a great day. We ended up getting 4 first of the season (FOS) for LB. With a total of 26 newly banded birds and 1 recaptured. We started our morning out guessing what bird we might catch today. My guesses were wrong, as I was hoping to capture a Yellow-billed Cuckoo or an Ovenbird. Our FOS were a Prothonotary Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Northern Mockingbird, and the best for last.... Louisiana Waterthrush!. Josh has been want to see this bird and mark it off for his South Carolina birding list. 

So, lets continue to talk about waterthrush!

Check out the photo below were we have both waterthrush in one photo! They are basically twins right?! On the left, the Louisiana Waterthrush and on the right, Northern Waterthrush. Even though they practically look identical, there are key differences that can separate them both. The first key is under the chin. When looking at these birds below you can see the Louisiana Waterthrush (left) has a cleaner patch that has no black speckling, while the Northern Waterthrush (right) has no clear patch but speckling is much more abundant. As we continue down from the chin to the breast you can see how the black speckling is still thick and abundant on the Northern Waterthrush. Another key factor is checking out how the white looks. You can see how the Northern Waterthrush has an overall yellow wash were as the Louisiana Waterthrush has an overall white wash. 

Check out both birds calls here:

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Note: check out some of the videos. You can see how the waterthrush wiggle their butts, its absolutely adorable!

 

We are starting out this season great! I hope this keeps continuing for us! What do you think tomorrows new birds will be?

--Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Carolina Wren	-	2	1	1
Red-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Northern Mockingbird	-	-	1	-
Worm-eating Warbler	1	-	1	-
Louisiana Waterthrush	-	-	1	-
Northern Waterthrush	15	1	11	-
Protonotary Warbler	2	-	1	-
American Redstart	1	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	-	-	1	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	1	1	3	-
Painted Bunting	4	-	6	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	26	26	52
# of Recaptures	4	1	5
# of Species	9	9	12
Effort (net-hours)	121.74	88	209.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	24.6	30.7	27.2
# of Nets	30	20	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	251	74	325
# of Recaptures	92	13	105
# of Species	30	18	34
Effort (net-hours)	1,329.2	375.65	1,704.85
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	25.8	23.2	25.2
# of Days	12	4	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Sarah Mueller (CS)
Sarah Stewart (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)

Multiple First-of-Seasons, and a Lingering Wanderer

 Captain Sam's:

Today was my first day banding here, and I’m still adjusting to the mugginess after spending the summer in arid Montana. We captured 11 new birds and 6 recaptures of 6 species (17 total). I was excited to see a Northern Waterthrush, which is the first time I’d ever seen that species (a “lifer”)! Another exciting capture was an adult male Mourning Dove; we determined it was a male by its pink breast feathers and bluish crown.  Mourning Doves are large enough that they aren’t often captured in our nets.

It was a lovely first day, and I'm excited to see what new birds tomorrow has in store!

- Sarah M

Little Bear:

This morning started out a little slow, but we were eventually treated to some great birds, including 5 new species for the site this season. Before going out on our first net check, we agreed that it felt like a good day to catch our first American Redstart, a common species throughout most of the fall. A few net checks later, I was able to bring one back to the table, a dashing hatch-year male. We also banded the first of season Downy Woodpecker and Yellow Warbler, both fairly common birds. Things got more exciting when yesterday's vagrant, the Black-whiskered Vireo, made a return appearance. We suspect that we may be treated to a few visits from this bird as it works to regain the fat and muscle it lost during its windswept journey from a land further south. Our other two first of season birds were especially notable, as they are less than annual captures here despite being year-round residents on Kiawah Island. First was a young Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, one of the smallest birds that we are able to band, and the first for Little Bear since 2017. Later in the morning, I found one of my favorite warblers in a net, a Yellow-throated Warbler. This site catches exactly zero to one per season, and this hatch-year male was the fourth in our six year history. 

Yellow-throated Warbler, hatch-year male
Photo by Kristin Attinger

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, hatch-year
Photo by Kristin Attinger

--Josh

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Mourning Dove	1	-	-	-
Downy Woodpecker	-	-	1	-
Black-whiskered Vireo	-	-	-	1
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	-	1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	-	-	1	-
Carolina Wren	1	-	1	2
Northern Waterthrush	4	-	4	-
American Redstart	2	-	1	-
Yellow Warbler	-	-	1	-
Yellow-throated Warbler	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	-	5	1	1
Painted Bunting	3	1	4	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	11	17	38
# of Recaptures	6	5	11
# of Species	6	12	13
Effort (net-hours)	121.54	83.35	204.89
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	14.0	26.4	23.9
# of Nets	30	20

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	225	49	274
# of Recaptures	88	12	100
# of Species	28	13	31
Effort (net-hours)	1207.49	287.65	1495.14
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	25.9	21.2	25.0
# of Days	11	3	-

Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Sarah Mueller (CS)

You Guessed It: Black-Whiskered Vireo

CAPTAIN SAM'S

It was another slow day out on the spit with only 6 new birds and 5 recaptures of 5 species.  Downy Woodpeckers were the most common bird of the day.  I am sure that is the first time this has happen in the 12 years that we have been banding on Kiawah Island.  A little excitement came when I captured a Great Crested Flycatcher in net #21.  This species is a common summer resident on Kiawah but they tend to migrate fairly early so if we don't catch one in August there is a good chance that we might not catch one all season.  The bird captured today was a young bird -- a hatch-year, meaning that is was hatched this summer.  To age this bird, I look at the wing coverts, in particularly the greater coverts.  In the photo below you will notice that there are two "groups" of greater coverts that look slightly different.  We call this a molt limit.  The group highlighted in red are the feathers replaced during it's preformative molt (the molt a bird does after fledgling but usually while it is still on it's nesting grounds).  The group of feathers highlighted in green are juvenal feathers.  These feather were the feathers that it grew while it was still in the nest.  This bird will likely retain those juvenal feathers as the preformative molt is oftentimes not complete.  Because there are two generations of the feathers within the same feather tract (and one being juvenal) we are able to age this bird as a hatch-year.  

Great Crested Flycatcher (hatch-year, sex unknown)

Now that you had to sit through a lesson on molt, I will turn it over to the Little Bear crew for some exciting news.  

-Aaron

LITTLE BEAR

This morning started out slow with only a few birds during each net run, and as the morning progressed numbers dwindled down even less.  While Josh and I were doing one of the net runs toward the end of the morning, I went up to one of the nets thinking that we had just captured our first Red-eyed Vireo of the season for Little Bear. As I was extracting the bird, I realized I might have something different and had to take a quick photo to send to Aaron right away.   This bird was extremely cool looking and I knew it was a bird that we have never had at KIBS before!  Aaron immediately closed down Captain Sam's and headed toward Little Bear.  Long behold the greatest bird captured today at Little Bear - a Black-whiskered Vireo!

Black-whiskered Vireo (hatch-year, sex unknown)

Photo: Josh Lefever

Photo: Aaron Given

After we released the bird, it flew into a Toothache Tree a short distance away and rested in a Smilax vine tangle growing in it.  We were able to watch the bird for a short time before he worked his way through the vines.  

Photo:  Keith McCullough

Photo: Keith McCullough

  

Black-whiskered Vireos are quite a rarity here. If accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee, this will be the 2nd documented record of this species in the state.  Their summer range includes south Florida and the Caribbean islands with some birds migrating to northern South America for the winter while other may stay in the Caribbean.  Why this bird showed up in South Carolina is a mystery but it may have something to do with Hurricane Laura that just passed through the Caribbean as a tropical storm during the last couple of days.  We actually suspect that this bird might be from the Caribbean subspecies based on the browner overall appearance and the very long bill.  The bird had no fat and was quite "thin" therefore it being a storm-blown bird might actually make some sense.  I really hope it gets where it's going and thrives! Check out more about this bird here. We've had a good start to the fall and I hope more vagrants show up during the rest of the season.

-Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Great Crested Flycatcher	1	-	-	-
Downy Woodpecker	2	1	-	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	-	1	-
Black-Whiskered Vireo	-	-	1	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	1	1
Northern Waterthrush	2	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	1	2	3	-
Painted Bunting	-	2	4	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	6	12	18
# of Recaptures	5	2	10
# of Species	5	6	8
Effort (net-hours)	90.0	104.0	194.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	12.2	13.46	14.4
# of Nets	30	20	50

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	214	32	246
# of Recaptures	82	7	89
# of Species	27	8	28
Effort (net-hours)	1085.95	204.3	1290.25
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	27.2	19.1	26.0
# of Days	10	2	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Josh Lefever (LB)