CAPTAIN SAMS
It was a good first day of banding albeit it was a little slow out there. We banded 25 new birds and had 3 recaptures of 13 different species. We had a good diversity of birds with all of the expected species for mid-August. One surprise was an Eastern Bluebird. Bluebirds are common on Kiawah and we see them around the banding station regularly but they rarely get captured in our nets. Bluebirds prefer more open spaces and we don't have many nets that are in the wide open at Captain Sam's but the one net that is, was the net that captured the bluebird. You may remember from the virtual tour that, that net was Net 30.
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| Eastern Bluebird (hatch-year, female) |
Because today was the first day, all recaptures were presumably from previous years. And that was the case:
1. Painted Bunting was banded on 9/24/2018.
2. Northern Cardinal was banded on 9/19/2018.
3. Northern Cardinal was banded on 10/12/2020.
Josh got in yesterday afternoon and came out to the banding station to help out this morning. This will be his 4th fall at KIBS. He will be heading up Little Bear again this year. Kristin will be arriving later in the week for her 4th fall banding season at KIBS. Kandace, Ben, and Nathaniel all arrived this afternoon and will be out at the banding station tomorrow. This is their first season at KIBS and I look forward to working with them.
I welcomed back Michael and Nancy for a one-day KIBS reunion today. Both will be heading to grad school in the coming days. I wish them both the best of luck!
-Aaron
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Mourning Dove | 1 | - | - | - |
Downy Woodpecker | 2 | - | - | - |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 | - | - | - |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | - | - |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 | - | - | - |
Carolina Wren | 2 | - | - | - |
Eastern Bluebird | 1 | - | - | - |
Brown Thrasher | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Waterthrush | 1 | - | - | - |
American Redstart | 1 | - | - | - |
Prairie Warbler | 2 | - | - | - |
Northern Cardinal | 5 | 2 | - | - |
Painted Bunting | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 25 | - | 25 |
| # of Recaptures | 3 | - | 3 |
| # of Species | 13 | - | 13 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 162.0 | - | 162.0 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 17.3 | - | 17.3 |
| # of Nets | 30 | - | 30 |
| 2021 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 25 | - | - |
| # of Recaptures | 3 | - | - |
| # of Species | 13 | - | - |
| Effort (net-hours) | 162.0 | - | - |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 17.3 | - | - |
| # of Days | 1 | - | - |
Banding Staff
