Friday, October 7, 2022

A First of Season Vireo

 Captain Sam's:

Today was an excellent day of banding at Captain Sam's. While the overall numbers of birds were down as a result of the south winds last night, a Warbling Vireo in net 30 during the second net round more than made up for it. These dainty vireos are a real rarity in Charleston County and was one of the most exciting birds we've banded so far this season. It was also the first Warbling Vireo that Aaron has ever banded!

We also nearly caught a Northern Flicker (which would have been a first of season for Captain Sam's), but unfortunately it bounced out of the net. 

Out here at Kiawah, even the "slower" days have serious highlights! Fingers crossed for a Philadelphia Vireo tomorrow!

-Aidan

Warbling Vireo



Little Bear:

Today was a slower day then what it has been for the past few days. We ended up with a total of 93 birds. More than half of the birds we captured today were catbirds! We ended up with 70 catbirds! It's crazy that Common Yellowthroats are the lowest numbers lately but hopefully they start to increase over the next few weeks. 

Another shocking thing about today was catching the Swainson's Warbler that was banded a few days ago. I assumed it left already but must wanted to fatten up a tad bit before it left. We also got a new Swainson's Warbler as well! letting us have a total of 2! They are such a striking looking bird with that lovely long bill and even though they are mostly brown, they are still a wonderful looking bird.

-Kristin 

  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Eastern Phoebe
--1-
Eastern Wood-Pewee
1---
Traill's Flycatcher
--1-
Brown Thrasher
1---
Veery
1---
Swainson's Thrush
4---
Warbling Vireo
1---
White-eyed Vireo
--1-
Red-eyed Vireo
6---
House Wren
3-41
Carolina Wren
-1
2
Gray Catbird
3329537
Yellow-breasted Chat
111-
Eastern Towhee
--1-
Ovenbird
111-
Northern Waterthrush
1---
Swainson's Warbler
--11
Black-throated Blue Warbler
1---
Common Yellowthroat
879-
Yellow Warbler
1---
Black-and-white Warbler
1---
American Redstart
64-1
Palm Warbler (Western)
--1-
Magnolia Warbler
2---
Northern Cardinal
--11
Northern Mockingbird
-1--
Painted Bunting
1--3

Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
73
77
149
# of Recaptures
45
16
61
# of Species
20
17
27
Effort (net-hours)
178.75
95.2
273.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
66.0
97.7
76.9
# of Nets
30
23


2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
2757
1,675
4432
# of Recaptures
535
312
847
# of Species
64
57
78
Effort (net-hours)
7193.67
3,375.2
10568.87
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
45.8
58.9
50.0
# of Days4940-

Banding Staff

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