Saturday, September 3, 2022

Veteran Towhee

 Captain Sams: 

Today was another typical late summer day here on the spit. The water level is ankle-deep along our trails; the crabs scurry into their holes as we approach. We are learning to discern the different species of cicada by their screams. We identify several dragonfly and butterfly species within our site.

Today, we caught our first-of-season Eastern towhee, a recapture from way back in 2016/2017. We also caught a great-crested flycatcher, which was my highlight of the day. This individual had a molt limit within the greater coverts (second image, red=retained green=replaced) which is diagnostic of hatch-year birds. 



  -Brendan



Little Bear:

After a couple of favourable nights for migration, the winds are back to being out of the south, shutting down most migration. Today was extremely slow as a result with only 15 birds banded of 4 species. In contrast with the past couple of days, there were no major highlights either-- although a Green Heron and Great Egret continue to hang around within easy striking distance of the nets, raising hopes that we'll catch them again.

These slower days are typical of this early in the season and are a necessary toll for the big migration days of late September and October which will be here before we know it!

-Aidan


  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Great-crested Flycatcher
1---
Red-eyed Vireo
2---
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1---
Carolina Wren
-1-1
Northern Mockingbird
-1--
Eastern Towhee
-1--
Northern Waterthrush
5321
Prothonotary Warbler
1---
Common Yellowthroat
4---
American Redstart
4---
Prairie Warbler
2---
Painted Bunting
1172
Northern Cardinal--11


Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
21
10
31
# of Recaptures
7
5
12
# of Species
12
4
13
Effort (net-hours)
153
82.7
235.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
18.3
18.1
18.2
# of Nets
30
21
-

2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
359
237
596
# of Recaptures
122
67
188
# of Species
35
27
40
Effort (net-hours)
2560.17
1,032.8
3,593.97
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
18.8
29.8
21.8
# of Days181129

Banding Staff

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

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