Captain Sam's:
Captain Sam's was a crazy day like yesterday. Ben and I are really getting a good prep week in for the coming cold fronts filling the sky (and hopefully our nets) with birds. Mostly the first two net checks are the most productive. I would estimate that our first run was about the same as yesterday, about 80 birds. That many birds in the first run is enough to light a fire under your pants. We had a good bit of diversity today which was super pleasant. Common Yellowthroats are absolutely amazing little birds but it's nice to see more than just them in the nets when you walk up to one. Before we finished opening the nets today, Ben had already come across an Eastern Screech-Owl that had found its way into our net. It's never a bad day when we get to band one. We also got a new bird for the season today! Based on the data from previous years it's a little late to the party but we'll gladly band it all the same. That new bird ended up being a nice adult female Baltimore Oriole. It was my first Oriole in the hand so it was very exciting! The winds look really good for this week so it's going to be a doozy! I'm hoping that we get one new warbler and maybe a Chuck-will's-widow. It was so busy today that I never got the chance to write a haiku about one specific bird or species, but at the station there was only one net that caught no birds, therefore, that's todays subject!
Birds here and birds there
Twenty-two you let us down
Net without bounty
- Nate
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| A hatching-year (HY) Eastern Screech-Owl wing. |
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| The wing of today's after-hatching-year (AHY) female Baltimore Oriole. In hatching years (HY) you'll usually see a molt limit in the greater coverts (GC's) which this bird didn't have. |
Little Bear:
It was another hot day at Little Bear with a busy first net run, and the birds dropping off soon after. We ended the day with 33 newly banded birds, and 0 recaps. Overall it was a slow, hot, and miserable morning. Though at least we caught a first-of-season bird for either site: a Yellow-throated Warbler! It was a rather handsome after hatch-year bird, with black on the crown and extensive black streaking on the flanks. It was quite a bit more black than we would expect a female to have, but not enough black to definitively call it a male - so the sex was left as unknown. I was rather surprised, but excited when I pulled it out of net 14!
Hoping for more migration and excitement tomorrow!
-Kandace
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Mourning Dove | 1 | - | - | - |
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Eastern Screech-Owl | 1 | - | - | - |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 | - | - | - |
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Traill's Flycatcher | 1 | - | - | - |
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White-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | 2 | - |
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Red-eyed Vireo | 13 | - | 2 | - |
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Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | - | - |
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Carolina Wren | - | 1 | - | - |
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Gray Catbird | 1 | - | - | - |
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Veery | - | - | 2 | - |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | - | - | 1 | - |
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Baltimore Oriole | 1 | - | - | - |
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Ovenbird | 4 | - | 1 | - |
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Worm-eating Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
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Northern Waterthrush | 3 | - | - | - |
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Black-and-white Warbler | 3 | - | - | - |
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Prothonotary Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
Common Yellowthroat | 72 | - | 12 | - |
Hooded Warbler | 2 | - | - | - |
American Redstart | 11 | - | 5 | - |
Yellow Warbler | 1 | - | 3 | - |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 6 | - | 2 | - |
Palm Warbler | 3 | - | - | - |
Yellow-throated Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
Prairie Warbler | 2 | - | - | - |
Indigo Bunting | 1 | - | - | - |
| Painted Bunting | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 133 | 33 | 166 |
| # of Recaptures | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| # of Species | 24 | 11 | 25 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 139.5 | 73.6 | 213.1 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 97.5 | 44.8 | 79.3 |
| # of Nets | 30 | 23 | - |
| 2021 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 1042 | 543 | 1583 |
| # of Recaptures | 158 | 73 | 231 |
| # of Species | 45 | 39 | 52 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 4471 | 2,710 | 7181 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 26.8 | 22.7 | 25.3 |
| # of Days | 33 | 28 | - |
Banding Staff
