House Cats

 Captain Sams:

Today was another slow day with a total of 25 new birds and 10 recaptures. The Catbirds are still hanging around and today we had 9 new ones and 8 recaptures. We will frequently recapture Catbirds that were already processed the day of, so many of the birds we extract from the net will be released right away. They have a tendency to jump right back into the nets. A few special warblers still crossed our path, such as a Pine Warbler, and a Prairie Warbler. We also got a couple of House Finches and Swamp Sparrows. 

Adult Male House Finch

- Camille

Little Bear:

Today was about the same as yesterday with a total of 53 birds. We are still capturing a decent amount of Catbirds but our highlight was still capturing a new Blackpoll Warbler and a Tennessee Warbler. We slowed down after the first few runs and just enjoyed the steady pace. These next few days seem to be just as slow and with a little more breeze out at Little Bear. I am hoping we still see a good amount of birds and maybe a few more different warblers.

Later in the evening we attempted more marsh sparrow banding and captured some great species. We captured Clapper Rails, Seaside Sparrows, Saltmarsh Sparrow and Marsh Wrens. It was fun working as a team catching birds and also chasing them!

-Kristin

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
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	-	-	2	-
House Wren	-	-	1	-
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	2
Gray Catbird	9	8	17	9
Swainson's Thrush	-	1	-	-
Hermit Thrush	1	-	-	-
House Finch	2	-	-	-
Song Sparrow	-	-	3	-
Swamp Sparrow	2	-	1	-
Ovenbird	-	-	-	1
Tennessee Warbler	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	2	-	1	-
American Redstart	1	-	-	-
Blackpoll Warbler	-	-	1	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	-	-	1	-
Palm Warbler (Western subspecies)	2	-	2	-
Pine Warbler	1	-	-	-
Myrtle Warbler	2	1	8	-
Prairie Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	1	-	-	1
Painted Bunting	1	-	-	2

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	25	38	36
# of Recaptures	10	15	25
# of Species	13	15	21
Effort (net-hours)	150.4	109.2	259.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	23.3	48.5	23.5
# of Nets	32	25	57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3,677	2,817	6,494
# of Recaptures	847	499	1,346
# of Species	75	79	89
Effort (net-hours)	11,219	6,892.1	18112
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	40.3	48.1	43.29
# of Days	68	57	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Brittany Holliker (LB)

Matt Hixson (LB)

Camille Blose (CS)

Wentao Yang (CS)

Natalie Miller (CS)