Captain Sam's:
We had to delay our opening a little due to a potential rain cloud coming over us. During that time, I did notice some passerine flocks flying overhead that may have very well be Yellow-rumped Warblers or warblers in general coming in for a landing after a long night of migration. We will be expecting numbers of Yellow-rumps (AKA butter-butts) to increase as we head into November. Little Bear experienced some of this today. We did pull in a proportionately high amount of recaptures, which has been the trend lately.
-- Dan E.
Little Bear:
After sitting around a bit while a dawn rain shower to passed over us, we got all of our nets opened and settled in for another not-too-busy morning. The birds had a few surprises in store for us though. On our first net check, we had a Black-throated Blue Warbler, always a nice bird to see and our first in a little over a week. We had a few unexpected recaptures too. A hatch-year male Downy Woodpecker that we banded back in early September stopped by again, as well as a late-staying Northern Waterthrush. The vast majority of Waterthrushes have already flown south towards their tropical wintering grounds, but this particular bird is still working on putting on fat. Since banding it last week, its gained 2 grams, increasing its weight by about 11%. We caught some older birds too- a Gray Catbird that was banded in 2018 and a Carolina Wren who's been a regular at the station since 2016.
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| Adult Carolina Wren- banded as a hatch-year in 2016, meaning it had its 4th birthday some time earlier this year |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker | - | - | - | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | - | - |
Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | - | - |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 | - | - | - |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 | - | - | - |
Carolina Wren | - | - | - | 3 |
Gray Catbird | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Brown Thrasher | - | 1 | - | - |
Eastern Towhee | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Waterthrush | - | - | - | 1 |
Common Yellowthroat | 1 | - | 5 | - |
Northern Parula | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 2 | - | 1 | - |
'Western' Palm Warbler | - | 1 | 1 | - |
'Myrtle' Yellow-rumped Warbler | 2 | - | 14 | - |
Indigo Bunting | - | - | - | 1 |
Painted Bunting | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 18 | 29 | 47 |
| # of Recaptures | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| # of Species | 13 | 10 | 17 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 116.55 | 115.0 | 231.55 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 14.4 | 37.4 | 31.5 |
| # of Nets | 30 | 23 | - |
| 2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 3,609 | 2,126 | 5,735 |
| # of Recaptures | 741 | 351 | 1,092 |
| # of Species | 67 | 66 | 80 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 8,365.21 | 5,504.9 | 13,870.11 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 52.0 | 45.0 | 49.2 |
| # of Days | 68 | 57 | - |
Banding Staff
Vincent Weber (LB)
Dan Errichetti (CS)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
