Lincoln's Sparrow

 Captain Sams:

We had another productive day at Captain Sams with 63 new birds and 20 recaptures.  We continue to catch a decent number of Yellow-rumped Warblers with 35 more today.  We also banded a few lingering neotropical warblers including a Nashville Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, and a Northern Parula.  The most exciting bird of the day was a Lincoln's Sparrow - Captain Sams' first-of-the-season!  I first spotted this bird along the edge of the banding trail going to net 13.  I didn't have my binoculars but was pretty sure that it was a Lincoln's Sparrow at the time.  I tried getting another look but I couldn't get it to pop back up.  The bird appeared to be headed in the direction of net 11 but when I got to net 13 - there it was!

Lincoln's Sparrow (hatch-year, sex unknown)

Lincoln's Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow are not very common at KIBS.  We might only band 1 or 2 each fall but there have been plenty of years where we didn't band any at all.  Superficially, Lincoln's Sparrow can look similar to other species of sparrow such the much more common Song Sparrows and Swamp Sparrows.  Lincoln's Sparrows are much smaller than Song Sparrows and about the same size as a Swamp Sparrow.  The biggest difference between a Lincoln's Sparrow and a Swamp Sparrow is the streaking on the upper breast and flanks.  Lincoln's Sparrows have fairly defined and crisp looking stripes running the down its side and upper breast while Swamp Sparrows have very indistinct blurry streaking.  Some Swamps Sparrows can be more prominently marked, especially young birds, so care must be taken when trying to separate them in the field.

Swamp Sparrow (left), Lincoln's Sparrow (right)

  

 -Aaron   

Little Bear:

Today was a slower day compared to yesterday. We had a total of 32 birds with only 8 of the being recaptures and 24 of them newly banded. We finally added a new species for Little Bear! A Mourning Dove. This bird was traveling fast trying to maneuver around our net trails but lucky for us, it found our nets! Nothing else was new for us but we enjoyed each bird, including some new Gray Catbirds. Yesterday evening we enjoyed some marsh sparrow banding and also I got to catch up with an older KIBS worker Josh! It was nice to chase some birds just like the old times!

We have some south winds for the next few days but I'm hoping one of these upcoming days we can catch ourselves a Field Sparrow. That is the next bird I'd like to see!

-Kristin  

Species	Captain Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Sharp-shinned Hawk	-	1	-	-
Mourning Dove	-	-	1	-
Eastern Phoebe	2	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	7	-	2	-
Golden-crowned Kinglet	1	-	1	-
House Wren	1	-	-	-
Gray Catbird	5	12	3	6
Song Sparrow	2	1	1	-
Swamp Sparrow	2	-	2	-
Lincoln's Sparrow	1	-	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	1	1	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	1	-	-
Nashville Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	1	-
Northern Parula	1	-	-	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	1	-	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (myrtle)	35	-	10	1
Palm Warbler (western)	-	-	2	-
Painted Bunting	2	-	1	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	63	24	87
# of Recaptures	20	8	29
# of Species	17	10	19
Effort (net-hours)	165	92	236
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	50.3	34.8	49.15
# of Nets	30	23	-

2022 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,799	2,878	7,682
# of Recaptures	1,141	661	1,822
# of Species	83	83	97
Effort (net-hours)	11,729.57	6,268.85	17,776.05
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	50.6	56.25	53.5
# of Days	76	67	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Nate Watkins (CS)

Katie Serba (CS)
Brendan Wang (LB) 

Aidan Place (CS)