Sunday, August 21, 2022

Storms and a Chat

Captain Sam's: 

Another first time blog author: my name is Aidan Place and I just arrived at KIBS a couple days ago. Beyond excited to be spending the fall banding here!

Winds out of the south have kept the nets quiet for the four days I've been working here and today was no exception. However, what today lacked in birds was more than made up for by weather, with boiling thunderheads just off the coast providing some high drama in the early morning. We anxiously watched the radar as the storms just barely slid by us, and enjoyed some dazzling lightnight strikes and rolling thunderheads that almost looked as if they were alive. 

Some dramatic storms rolling in off the ocean


Birdwise, today was not completely without highlights as we caught the first Yellow-breasted Chat of the season! This elegant species was classed as a warbler until recently when taxonomists came to their senses and put it in its own family: Icteriidae.

Our season's first Yellow-breasted Chat


  Species  Captain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1---
Northern Mockingbird
11--
Yellow-breasted Chat
1---
Northern Waterthrush
21--
Prothonotary Warbler
1---
Prairie Warbler
3---
Painted Bunting
42--
Great Crested Flycatcher
-2--
Carolina Wren
-1--
Northern Cardinal
-2--


Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
13
-
13
# of Recaptures
9
-
9
# of Species
10
-
10
Effort (net-hours)
135
-
135
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
16.3
-
16.3
# of Nets
30
21
-

2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
152
-
152
# of Recaptures
62
-
62
# of Species
24
-
24
Effort (net-hours)
941.7
-
941.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
22.7
-
22.7
# of Days7-7

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Nate Watkins (CS)
Katie Serba (CS)
Brendan Wang (CS) 
Aidan Place (CS)
Maia Nguyen (CS)











1 comment:

  1. Please make the font larger, I have old-lady eyes now lol.

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