Captain Sam’s:
Today was another casual day of banding with a total of 43 captures representing 13 species. The wind was coming from the south the previous night, which pushed migrants away from our area. A cold front is moving through tonight, which will bring a massive storm system over us, but more importantly it will likely bring an influx of migrants. Hopefully, we will be busy all day tomorrow.
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One of the birds captured today was a hatch-year male Northern Parula. In the early 1800’s John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson named this species the Blue Yellow Back Warbler. The name was fitting for such a colorful species. This species is among the smallest birds in North America. The one we captured today weighed in at 6 grams (a nickel weighs 5 grams). Their breeding range extends north into Quebec, Canada, but they also breed with a wide distribution in the Southeastern US. Florida has them year-round. California has a small, but increasing breeding population that needs further study. They winter throughout the Caribbean, as well as the northern portion of Central America.
-Vincent
Citation: Moldenhauer, R. R. and D. J. Regelski (2020). Northern Parula (Setophaga americana), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.norpar.01
We had low expectations for catching much at Little Bear this morning, but the birds surprised us with a busy first couple hours of banding. We ended up catching 42 birds of 13 species, nearly tying Captain Sam's numbers. Pretty good for 8 fewer nets and only 2 of us working the station today. We also broke the species count tie between the sites when we caught KIBS third ever Warbling Vireo! The previous 2 were both banded at Little Bear in 2016. This drab vireo is a common breeding bird across North American forests, but is a rare migrant along the Southeast coast.
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| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Traill's Flycatcher | - | - | 3 | - |
White-eyed Vireo | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Warbling Vireo | - | - | 1 | - |
Red-eyed Vireo | 9 | - | 6 | - |
Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | - | - |
Carolina Wren | - | 1 | - | - |
Gray Catbird | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Ovenbird | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Northern Waterthrush | - | - | 1 | - |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
American Redstart | 5 | - | 3 | - |
Northern Parula | 1 | - | - | - |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 2 | - | 2 | - |
Prairie Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
Northern Cardinal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Painted Bunting | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 28 | 36 | 64 |
| # of Recaptures | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| # of Species | 13 | 13 | 17 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 132.5 | 95.0 | 227.5 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 32.5 | 44.2 | 37.4 |
| # of Nets | 30 | 22 | - |
| 2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 1662 | 795 | 2457 |
| # of Recaptures | 404 | 135 | 539 |
| # of Species | 45 | 46 | 54 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 5187.2 | 2899.55 | 8086.75 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 39.8 | 32.1 | 37.0 |
| # of Days | 44 | 32 | - |
Banding Staff
Sarah Stewart (CS)
Vincent Weber (CS)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Sarah Mueller (LB)
Josh Lefever (LB)
