Slow Days Ahead

 Captain Sams:

We had a slowish day ending with a total of 25 birds including 13 recaptures. Compared to yesterday, we had way less new Catbirds showing up at the station, but a lot of banded individuals were still hanging around at the station. After our first net run, we were dispersed to continue on nets repair duty. The tide was getting high again with water covering the path from the table to net 14. With higher tides in marshes, we hope we could take advantage of these slow days to capture some marsh sparrows, Clapper Rails, or even White Ibis between net runs! 

-Wentao

Little Bear:

'Twas a slow day at our beloved Little Bear, with a total of 25 birds. We had more recaptures than new birds, but to our delight, we were visited once again by a handsome recap Blackburnian Warbler. A friendly Downy Woodpecker made an appearance along with a perfectly precious Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Once again, Gray Catbirds dominated our nets. Gray Catbird in your first net. Bam! Gray Catbird in your second net. Bam! The Gray Catbirds quite simply are everywhere, and we will most definitely be greeted by their meows again tomorrow morning.

-Brittany

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 Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Downy Woodpecker	-	-	-	1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	-	1	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	4	10	6	11
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	-	-	1	-
Blackburnian Warbler	-	-	-	1
Palm Warbler (Western Subspecies)	1	-	-	-
Myrtle Warbler	5	-	2	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	1
Painted Bunting	1	1	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	12	11	23
# of Recaptures	13	14	27
# of Species	7	8	11
Effort (net-hours)	154.5	82.5	237
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	16.2	30.3	23.3
# of Nets	32	25	57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3702	2853	6555
# of Recaptures	873	513	1386
# of Species	75	80	90
Effort (net-hours)	11531.6	7079.6	18611.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	39.7	47.6	43.7
# of Days	70	59	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Brittany Holliker (LB)

Matt Hixson (CS)

Camille Blose (CS)

Wentao Yang (CS)

Natalie Miller (LB)