Captain Sam's:
Dew-covered vegetation and a crisp atmosphere brought a new feeling to the morning. With that, we heard quite a few chips and calls as we were opening nets. Among them, an Eastern-Screech Owl and Chuck-Will's-Widow were around, but unfortunately never caught in the nets. We did capture a fair amount of birds with surprising diversity. We caught 32 birds of 13 species and are hoping for better things in the near future.
One new bird for the season was a Least Flycatcher! This "cute" flycatcher was caught during a relatively slow net run and allowed us to really examine the bird in detail. We measured this small flycatcher and noticed emargination on its 6th primary. Emargination in a feather is where the thickness of the web noticeably thins near the point. On "Traill's" Flycatchers we don't see that, and also notice a much larger size than this bird. Also, notice the eyering, grayer, shorter primary projection, and overall "cute" look to this bird.
Little Bear:
This morning was an average September 'slow day' with 23 birds processed, predominantly Common Yellowthroats and Northern Waterthrushes. We had a big temperature swing during our 4 hours of banding, from a very pleasant 68 at sunrise to almost 90 by the time we started closing our nets. Without anything unusual or first of season birds to report on today, the biggest highlight was taking in another one of Little Bear's illustrious sunrises.
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| Sunrise at the northeast tip of Kiawah Island |
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker | - | 1 | - | - |
Least Flycatcher | 1 | - | - | - |
White-eyed Vireo | 1 | 2 | - | - |
Red-eyed Vireo | 4 | - | 2 | - |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Waterthrush | 3 | 1 | 7 | - |
Black-and-white Warbler | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 | - | 6 | 1 |
American Redstart | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Yellow Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
Prairie Warbler | 3 | - | 2 | - |
Painted Bunting | 4 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 27 | 21 | 48 |
| # of Recaptures | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| # of Species | 13 | 7 | 14 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 142.5 | 96.6 | 239.1 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 22.5 | 23.8 | 23.0 |
| # of Nets | 30 | 23 | - |
| 2021 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 721 | 430 | 1151 |
| # of Recaptures | 145 | 59 | 204 |
| # of Species | 40 | 38 | 47 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 3674.5 | 2187.9 | 5862.4 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 23.6 | 22.4 | 23.1 |
| # of Days | 27 | 22 | - |
Banding Staff
