Who Let The Catbirds Out?

 Captain Sams:

Today was a slow day for Captain Sam's with 23 new and 16 recaptured individuals. We still took to the trails in the morning for bobcat duty, tracing our trails constantly to get birds before the wild cat could have a chance. As the morning got later, we were able to leave our posts and resume the normal loops, since no sign of the bobcat was detected, and the bobcat would have moved on from the area or begun resting for the day. Catbirds were the dominant species, but we also caught a Swamp Sparrow, Blackpoll Warbler, and Black-and-white Warbler.

-Camille

Little Bear:

Today was a huge drop of capture rate for Little Bear. We ended our day with a total of 25 newly banded birds and 19 recaptured birds. We did however catch a few more fall warblers today. It is nice seeing the Myrtle Warblers and seeing a few sparrows hopping around. We had a few recaptures that were from previous years and most of them were Catbirds but the one that stood out the most was a Swamp Sparrow that was banded in October 2021 as a hatch year. This cutie was absolutely beautiful and did shy away from the camera for sure. The photo of this famous capture is shown below!  Even with this slow day, there are some upcoming days that have some good winds. I am hoping this is the push we get that gives us more winter birds!

After hatch year Swamp Sparrow

-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
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	2	-	1
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	-	-	1	-
House Wren	1	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	15	8	9	14
Northern Mockingbird	-	-	1	-
Swainson's Thrush	1	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	-	-	1
Yellow-breasted Chat	-	-	1	-
Black-and-white Warbler	-	1	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	2	2	3	1
Blackpoll Warbler	1	-	3	-
Myrtle Warbler	1	-	4	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	1	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	1
Painted Bunting	1	-	1	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	23	25	50
# of Recaptures	16	19	35
# of Species	12	13	17
Effort (net-hours)	168	106.25	274.25
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	23.2	41.4	30.9
# of Nets	32	25	57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3487	2,644	6131
# of Recaptures	768	430	1198
# of Species	72	78	88
Effort (net-hours)	10,382.6	6,415.5	16798
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	41	47.9	42.63
# of Days	63	53	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Brittany Holliker (CS)

Matt Hixson (LB)

Camille Blose (CS)

Wentao Yang (LB)

Natalie Miller (CS)