Sunday, November 14, 2021

NOWAy, Another Late Bird

 Captain Sam's:

Today at Captain Sam's, we had another decent day filled with Yellow-rumped Warblers. The diversity was a lot better than I expected with species such as White-throated Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, and House Finch all finding our nets. Myrtle Warblers were again the most abundant species, with only a fraction being caught. Hearing their chips flying over has become part of the background noise at the station.

The Tree Swallows are still in the area, but unfortunately they seem to enjoy other food sources than our selected tree. I saw a couple thousand streaming over us and collecting overhead, which was an amazing sight. 

Although we haven't had a huge flock of Tree Swallows hit the net recently, hopefully Aaron will get them once we're gone.

-Ben

Little Bear:

Today is likely our penultimate day at Little Bear and based on the more recent days a great one at that! It's been a little while since I've been to Little Bear but glad to be back. The temperature outside makes the station so much more bearable and pleasant. Today was full of surprises; a first net run Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a plethora of Yellow-rumped Warblers, and a very late Northern Waterthrush!




Our days are numbered
Final trudges at L B
Coming to a close

- Nate 

  Species  Captain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
--1-
Eastern Phoebe
--1-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2-1-
Gray Catbird
6622
Hermit Thrush
1211
House Finch
2---
White-throated Sparrow
2-1-
Song Sparrow
-111
Savannah Sparrow
2---
Swamp Sparrow
211-
Eastern Towhee
---1
Northern Waterthrush
--1-
Common Yellowthroat
1-1-
(Myrtle) Yellow-rumped Warbler
2510223
Northern Cardinal
-1-1


Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
43
33
76
# of Recaptures
21
9
30
# of Species
10
13
15
Effort (net-hours)
180
142.6
322.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
35.5
29.5
32.8
# of Nets
30
23
53

2021 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
4305
3080
7385
# of Recaptures
1064
581
1645
# of Species
91
79
104
Effort (net-hours)
12192.2
8254.6
20446.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
44.0
44.4
44.1
# of Days8677-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Kandace Glanville (CS)
Nate Watkins (LB)
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Josh Lefever (LB)
Ben Stalheim (CS)

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