Spinning Our Wheels

 Captain Sam's:

Today was another slow day. We still captured some Myrtle Warblers but nothing super exciting. As the day-time temperatures start to rise a little each day, our big chance of having another great migration day seems to go down. I'm still holding out for some good birds even if we don't get a nice push of birds during northwest winds. 

-Kristin

Little Bear:

Just like the past few days, there weren't very many birds flying around Little Bear. There's no denying that the end of fall migration in on the horizon, but we're all hoping for a few more exciting days before the season's end. While yesterday's snake sighting was a real heart-stopper, today we found a snake who was a bit friendlier.

Rough Green Snake

Green Snakes like this one are fairly common in the eastern US, are non-venomous, and very docile. Its always fun to have some other wildlife to entertain us on days without much bird activity.

--Josh

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	1
House Wren	-	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	4	-	3	-
Hermit Thrush	2	2	-	-
Gray Catbird	1	9	2	3
White-throated Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	-	-	2	-
'Myrtle' Yellow-rumped Warbler	13	-	1	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	23	8	31
# of Recaptures	13	4	17
# of Species	9	5	10
Effort (net-hours)	150.7	105.1	255.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	23.9	11.4	18.8
# of Nets	30	23	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,094	2,540	6,634
# of Recaptures	913	458	1,369
# of Species	77	71	89
Effort (net-hours)	10,162.41	6,805.77	16,698.18
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	49.3	44.1	47.9
# of Days	82	69	-

 

Banding Staff

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