Change is in the Air

Captain Sams:

Bird activity remained sluggish for the 7th day in a row with 16 new birds and 9 recaptures.  Over the past week, we have only captured 189 birds (128 new, 61 recaps).  The reason for this is that a high pressure system has been sitting over the southeast causing unusually high temperatures and unfavorable conditions for migration.  Things are about to change though as a cold front is making its way across North America, and bringing with it much cooler temperatures starting on Wednesday.  Birds will likely be moving in front of and behind this cold front, and I am expecting a little bit of movement tonight but much more tomorrow night.  Unfortunately for us banders, this cold front is also bringing high winds and we are expecting about 20 mph winds on Wednesday morning.  We still should be able to band but we may not be able to use all of our nets.  

Little Bear:

Little Bear had the day off so the crew could rest and recharge their batteries.  

-Aaron

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
Eastern Phoebe	1	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	4	1	-	-
House Wren	1	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	5	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	5	1	-	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	3	-	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	16	-	-
# of Recaptures	9	-	-
# of Species	9	-	-
Effort (net-hours)	162.4	-	-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	15.4	-	-
# of Nets	32	25	57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,780	2,906	6,686
# of Recaptures	898	574	1,472
# of Species	76	81	91
Effort (net-hours)	12,120.15	7,356.6	19,476.75
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	38.6	47.3	41.9
# of Days	74	62	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Camille Blose (CS)