CAPTAIN SAM'S
There was a rain delay this morning and I didn't get the nets open until about 8:30am. The rest of the morning was quite windy which kept bird activity down. A total of 30 birds were captured in a little over 4 hours. I got to extract my first hawk of the season - a striking adult male Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Birds are rarely recaptured between the Captain Sam's and Little Bear sites. The two banding sites are only located about 8 miles away but for the most part act completely independent of each other. So I was pretty amazed when I looked up the band of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet that I captured today and found out that it was banded at Little Bear last November! Captain Sam's and Little Bear have only "traded" birds a few times since we started banding at Little Bear in 2015.
-Aaron
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | - | - | - |
Downy Woodpecker | - | 1 | - | - |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | - | 1 | - | - |
Hermit Thrush | - | 1 | - | - |
Gray Catbird | - | 2 | - | - |
House Finch | 2 | - | - | - |
Song Sparrow | - | 1 | - | - |
Orange-crowned Sparrow | - | 3 | - | - |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 10 | 8 | - | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 13 | - | - |
| # of Recaptures | 17 | - | - |
| # of Species | 9 | - | - |
| Effort (net-hours) | 121.1 | - | - |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 24.8 | - | - |
| # of Nets | 30 | - | - |
| 2021 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 4597 | 3103 | 7700 |
| # of Recaptures | 1301 | 589 | 1890 |
| # of Species | 91 | 79 | 104 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 14144.9 | 8332.6 | 22477.5 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 41.2 | 44.3 | 42.7 |
| # of Days | 98 | 78 | - |
Banding Staff
