Saturday, September 16, 2023

Captain Sams vs Little Bear!

 Captain Sams:

We had another solid turnout today at Captain Sams, with a total of 70 birds, nearly half of which (47%) were Common Yellowthroats! The arrival of these little guys won't be slowing down anytime soon. We were delighted to have a few newer species in the mix, including a Wood Thrush (in my opinion, one of the most beautiful of bird songs!) two Gray Catbirds, and two Baltimore Orioles. 

hatch-year Wood Thrush, photo by Camille


hatch-year male Baltimore Oriole, photo by Matt

Who knows what tomorrow will bring! Perhaps a species we have not seen yet this season?

-Brittany


Little Bear:

Today was hot-ish day out at Little Bear. We didn't have as many birds as Captain Sams, with a total of 23 birds (5 of which were recaptures). We wish we were as busy as the other station, but we weren't. However, we did see another Tricolored Heron near net 5 today on two different occasions. We are making it our goal to catch this guy tomorrow morning! We are hopeful to have more birds in the coming weeks!

Hatch-year female Magnolia Warbler, photo by Kristin

- Natalie


Note:  All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s BBL
  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
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Traill's Flycatcher

-1-
White-eyed Vireo
411-
Red-eyed Vireo
5---
Carolina Wren
---1
Gray Catbird
11--
Veery
2---
Swainson's Thrush
1---
Wood Thrush
1---
Baltimore Oriole
2---
Ovenbird
1---
Northern Waterthrush
4133
Black-and-White Warbler
1---
Common Yellowthroat
3036-
American Redstart
7-3-
Northern Parula
1---
Magnolia Warbler

-1-
Yellow Warbler
1---
Black-throated Blue Warbler
1---
Western Palm Warbler
1-1-
Prairie Warbler
1---
Northern Cardinal

-1-
Painted Bunting
---1



Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
65
18
83
# of Recaptures
6
5
11
# of Species
17
10
22
Effort (net-hours)
180.8
105
285.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
39.3
21.9
32.9
# of Nets
32
25
57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
665
385
1050
# of Recaptures
244
124
368
# of Species
39
42
50
Effort (net-hours)
4704.15
2436.55
6798.20
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
19.3
20.9
20.9
# of Days312231

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Brittany Holliker (CS)
Matt Hixson (CS)
Camille Blose (CS)
Wentao Yang (LB)
Natalie Miller (LB)

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