It was a slow day for KIBS

CAPTAIN SAMS

Strong south winds coupled with rain across Tennessee and North Carolina grounded any birds that might have moved into South Carolina last night.  As a result, it was slow at the banding station with only 4 new birds and 7 recaptures.  Thankfully, rain forced us to shut down around 8:30am otherwise it would have been in for a long and uneventful morning as we didn't catch any birds in our 3rd and final net run.  Looking ahead it appears that we may be stuck in this weather pattern until Wednesday when the next cold front is predicted to arrive.    

-Aaron    

LITTLE BEAR

Today was a very slow day. The weather was very unpredictable, as the rain started to come up from the south. We shut down early hoping to stay away from being soaked. We had a total of 13 birds today with only 4 of them being recaptures. I'm hoping the next few days are not super slow, but I can only hope.

-Kristin

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
White-eyed Vireo	-	3
Gray Catbird	2	2	2	2
Yellow-breasted Chat		1
Northern Waterthrush				1
Black-and-white Warbler			1
Common Yellowthroat	1	1
American Redstart	1
Black-throated Blue Warbler			1
Prairie Warbler			1
Northern Cardinal				1
Painted Bunting			1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4	9	13
# of Recaptures	7	4	11
# of Species	5	8	11
Effort (net-hours)	60.0	78.45	138.45
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	18.3	16.6	17.3
# of Nets	30	21	-

2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sam's	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	1377	643	2,020
# of Recaptures	350	116	466
# of Species	44	43	51
Effort (net-hours)	4,686.31	2,499.9	7,186.21
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	36.9	30.4	34.6
# of Days	40	29	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Sarah Mueller (CS)
Vincent Weber (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)