CAPTAIN SAMS
Today was the first day of running the station by myself since mid-August and my feet are not happy with me. It was a little slower today with only 13 new birds and 15 recaptures of 9 species. Most of the birds captured came in the first 3 nets runs and after 8:30am, bird activity had slowed way down. After not capturing a new species for the season in a while, two were captured today. The first was a recaptured Field Sparrow that was banded last year on 25 November. The other was a Wood Thrush which is a species that I thought that we had missed for this year. It is fairly late for a Wood Thrush to still be working its way south. The 2020 eBird map for Wood Thrush shows only 17 reports in the United States in the month of November and most of those were reported prior to 10 November. Central America where the species spends its winter is loaded with sightings.
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| Wood Thrush (After hatch-year, sex unknown) This individual was not cooperating for a photo so this was the best I could get. |
-Aaron
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 | - | - | |
House Wren | 1 | - | - | |
Hermit Thrush | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Wood Thrush | 1 | - | - | |
Gray Catbird | 6 | - | - | |
Field Sparrow | 1 | - | - | |
Song Sparrow | 1 | - | - | |
Swamp Sparrow | 2 | - | - | |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 11 | 2 | - | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 13 | - | 13 |
| # of Recaptures | 15 | - | 15 |
| # of Species | 9 | - | 9 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 157.5 | - | 157.5 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 17.8 | - | 17.8 |
| # of Nets | 30 | - | - |
| 2020 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 4372 | 2633 | 7005 |
| # of Recaptures | 1055 | 508 | 1563 |
| # of Species | 80 | 71 | 92 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 12273.38 | 7836.82 | 20110.2 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 44.2 | 40.1 | 42.6 |
| # of Days | 96 | 79 | - |
Banding Staff
