Sunday, November 6, 2022

So No Birds?

 Captain Sam's:

A very slow morning that started warm, humid, and windless and ended hot, humid, and windless. Our regular nets caught very few birds, but we compensated by setting up an additional net by the river and flushing in three Saltmarsh Sparrows. This was an attempt to add Seaside Sparrow to the species list, but Saltmarsh Sparrows are just as fun to band! The weather's looking interesting over the next week and I'm excited to see what gets blown in by the wind and rain.

-Aidan

Little Bear:

Things were looking bleak this morning at Little Bear 😱. Walking on the beach did get us great views of the sunrise (as always) and some interesting shorebirds, but walking back to the site was so quiet it was almost eerie. Normally we hear Gray Catbirds screaming at each other, wrens chittering away, and warblers chipping. It was so quiet it almost felt like we were in the Twilight Zone, asking ourselves "Where is everybody?" It wasn't until our 4th net run at 9:10 that we finally got our first bird, a recap Myrtle Warbler. We ended the day with five birds.. Hopefully tomorrow will bring more birds into our nets! 

- Maia

  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
-11-
Gray Catbird
12--
House Finch
1---
Swamp Sparrow
-11-
Saltmarsh Sparrow
3---
Song Sparrow
-1--
Myrtle Warbler
16721
Northern Cardinal
-1--


Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
21
4
25
# of Recaptures
13
1
14
# of Species
8
3
8
Effort (net-hours)
153
92
245
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
22.2
5.4
15.9
# of Nets
30
23
53

2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
4891
2897
7788
# of Recaptures
1182
673
1855
# of Species
83
83
97
Effort (net-hours)
11959.57
6536.8
18,328.97
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
50.8
54.6
52.61
# of Days7970-

Banding Staff

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

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