Thursday, November 17, 2022

Owl you need is birds

 Captain Sam's:

 Today was a great day! We caught a total of 90 birds! Only 19 of those birds were recaptures. We had such a diversity of species today. We surprisingly recaptured the Black-throated Blue warbler that was banded on Tuesday, caught a Yellow-breasted Chat and a Palm Warbler. What is even more exciting today, we captured our very late but due first of the season Eastern Screech Owl! I was really hoping that eventually we would catch one but didn't think it would take this long. I'm glad that we captured it before we would be leaving the station. It was so cute, looking like it still needed that extra cup of coffee. 


Just look at that adorable grumpy face! It was such a darlin and flew away just shortly after taking this photo. I was so glad I could get a good shot!


On another good note, this Orange-crowned warbler pictured below was a recapture. I got to digging and found out this bird was banded in the winter of 2020! It is such a treat to capture birds that were previously banded here.

Another interesting bird that I joked about not getting so much of is a Blue-headed Vireo! We started this morning out with one and then later on we caught another 2. I was really happy that it wasn't just a few that both stations would catch for the season. 


-Kristin

Little Bear:

  Species  Captain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Eastern Screech Owl
1---
Eastern Phoebe
1---
Blue-headed Vireo
3---
Carolina Wren
-2--
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
32--
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
-1--
Hermit Thrush
4---
Gray Catbird
-1--
Field Sparrow
1---
Song Sparrow
21--
Swamp Sparrow
1---
White-throated Sparrow
1---
Yellow-breasted Chat
1---
Orange-crowned Warbler
21--
Black-throated Blue Warbler
-1--
Palm Warbler (western)
1---
Yellow-rumped Warbler (myrtle)
499--
Northern Cardinal
-1--
Painted Bunting
1---



Today's Banding StatsCaptain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
71
-
71
# of Recaptures
19
-
19
# of Species
19
-
19
Effort (net-hours)
157.5
-
157.5
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
57.1
-
57.1
# of Nets
30
23
-

2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain Sam'sLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
5,174
2,955
8,129
# of Recaptures
1,287
701
1,988
# of Species
86
83
100
Effort (net-hours)
13,043.9
6,985.05
20,028.95
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
49.5
52.3
50.5
# of Days8876-

Banding Staff

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

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