Friday, November 27, 2020

Welcome Back to KIBS Old Friends

 CAPTAIN SAMS

Bird activity was up today with 37 new birds and 20 recaptures of 8 species.  West winds overnight helped bring in some new migrants (mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers).  I also had several flocks of American Goldfinches that flew over the banding site.  In addition, I also heard some Pine Siskins and Cedar Waxwings.  It is very frustrating to watch all these birds fly high overhead and out of sight of the banding station.  

Mixed in with the 20 recaptures were 7 birds that had returned to the site after being banded in a previous years.

1. Hermit Thrush (banded on 11/5/2019 as a hatch-year (HY).

2.  Yellow-rumped Warbler (banded on 11/30/2019 as an after hatch-year (AHY).

3. Yellow-rumped Warbler (banded on 11/25/2019 as a HY.

4. Yellow-rumped Warbler (banded on 11/10/2019 as an AHY.

5. Yellow-rumped Warbler (banded on 10/28/2019 as an AHY.

6. Yellow-rumped Warbler (banded on 11/6/2017 as a HY.

7. Yellow-rumped Warbler (banded on 11/28/2014 as a AHY). 

This last bird is at least 7 years old!  Because it was an adult when we banded it back in 2014, we don't actually know when it was hatched.  This birds has had quite a history at KIBS being captured at least once every year since 2014 except for last year.  Here is a screen shot of my banding database that shows this bird's capture history.


Yellow-rumped Warbler (After hatch-year, male)

-Aaron


  Species  Captain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
-1

Hermit Thrush
-1

Gray Catbird
-7

Song Sparrow
-1

White-throated Sparrow
-1

Common Yellowthroat
1-

Orange-crowned Warbler
1-

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
359



Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
37
-
37
# of Recaptures
20
-
20
# of Species
57
-
57
Effort (net-hours)
197.0
-
197.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
28.9
-
28.9
# of Nets
30
-
-


2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
4525
2633
7158
# of Recaptures
1127
508
1635
# of Species
80
71
92
Effort (net-hours)
13307.68
7836.82
21144.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
42.5
40.1
41.6
# of Days10279-


Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

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