Captain Sam's:
Today was also a bit slower over at Captain Sam's with a total of 23 birds with 5 being recaptures. However, we still had some really fun birds to look at and band. We had two stunning after hatch year male American Redstarts which are always a treat with their striking colors, an intensely yellow adult male Prothonotary Warbler, and our second Yellow-breasted Chat of the season. Some other notable species for the day were a Black-and-white Warbler and an Eastern Kingbird that had a well-hidden orange crown, indicating that it was an adult. When things were calm though, we were all able to either get some reading in or head down to the river to look for shorebirds.
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| Hatch year Yellow-breasted Chat |
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| After hatch year male American Redstart |
Little Bear:
Today we finished out with a total of 32 birds and only 5 of them being recaptures. We added our first of the season Tufted Titmouse to our list. It was a slower day compared to yesterday but we are still catching birds. During our first net run, we ran into a nice alligator. He was chilling on our paths, but once he saw me, he starting to high-tail out of the banding station. He made his way to the tidal pool and was not seen again. I was glad it was not being lazy and wanted nothing to do with us or the birds. We also captured this nice looking adult male American Redstart. I am a huge fan of these bird, because they are always so cute and such a sweet bird in the hand. Never to feisty and always posing.
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| After hatch year male American Redstart |
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| Alligator walking away |
-Kristin
| Species | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Eastern Kingbird | 1 | - | - | - |
Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Carolina Wren | - | 3 | - | 2 |
Tufted Titmouse | - | - | 1 | - |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 | - | - | - |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Waterthrush | 4 | - | 13 | - |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
American Redstart | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Common Yellowthroat | 1 | - | - | - |
Prothonotary Warbler | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Prairie Warbler | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Painted Bunting | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 18 | 27 | 45 |
| # of Recaptures | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| # of Species | 13 | 7 | 14 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 150 | 92 | 242 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 15.3 | 34.8 | 22.7 |
| # of Nets | 30 | 23 | 53 |
| 2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 214 | 117 | 331 |
| # of Recaptures | 86 | 20 | 106 |
| # of Species | 30 | 18 | 33 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 1528.2 | 411.7 | 1939.9 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 19.6 | 33.3 | 22.5 |
| # of Days | 11 | 4 | - |
Banding Staff
Brendan Wang (CS)
