Thursday, September 15, 2022

A Cool September Morning

 Captain Sams: 

Captain Sam's was not as busy today, but still productive with 87 birds total. Highlight of the day was our first-of-season Alder Flycatcher! Most of the Traill's Flycatcher we've been catching have been left as Traills', but this individual's measurements fit within the Alder Flycatcher bracket. We also had lots of Common Yellowthroats again and quite a few White-eyed Vireos as well. Hatch-year vireos have brown eyes, and as they get older they turn white. Below is an example of after hatch year versus hatch year eye-color differences. 


After hatch-year (top) and hatch year (bottom) White-eyed Vireos

- Maia


Little Bear:

Today was another cooler day! We ended up with a total of 65 birds with only 11 of them being recaptured. No new birds for the day but we did catch our second Magnolia Warbler this season. With no alligators on site, we had all our nets open and it was nice and peaceful! Hopefully some more excitements are to come as the week comes to an end.

-Kristin 

  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Alder Flycatcher
1---
Traill's Flycatcher
2-2-
Eastern Kingbird
1---
White-eyed Vireo
7-3-
Red-eyed Vireo
4-3-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2---
Gray Catbird
1---
Northern Mockingbird
1---
Veery
1---
Ovenbird
1-2-
Northern Waterthrush
5183
Common Yellowthroat
36315-
American Redstart
6131
Cape-May Warbler
1---
Magnolia Warbler
--1-
Yellow Warbler
3---
Palm Warbler (Western)
3-2-
Prairie Warbler
1-1-
Black-throated Blue Warbler
--1-
Painted Bunting
4--6
Downy Woodpecker
-1--
Carolina Chickadee
-11-
Northern Cardinal
1

Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
80
54
134
# of Recaptures
7
11
18
# of Species
20
16
21
Effort (net-hours)
147
101.2
248.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
59.2
64.2
61.2
# of Nets
30
23
-

2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
823
598
1421
# of Recaptures
197
138
335
# of Species
39
40
48
Effort (net-hours)
4127.67
2,039.85
6,167.52
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
25.6
36.1
28.3
# of Days2922-

Banding Staff

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