November 5th, 2023

 Captain Sams:

We had a good turnout today at Captain Sams, with a grand total of 103 birds! Our first round was poppin' with Yellow-rumped Warblers. They were our most common species of the day (41 total), followed by the classic Gray Catbirds (19), and then perhaps the most precious of all, Ruby-crowned Kinglets (11). Other visitors included two Eastern Towhees, a few Song Sparrows, and a Savannah Sparrow. We are excited to see what tomorrow brings!

-Brittany

Little Bear:

Compared to Captain Sams crew, we ended up having a less productive day with 36 birds in total including 12 recaptures. Most of our birds today came from the first net run. However, as the sun rise up more and almost zero cloud cover today, the activities of birds almost died down completely, and three of us brought only 2 to 3 birds back to the table each runs. 

Although the number was not the highest ever, we still managed to capture some cool birds. One of them was the white-striped morph White-throated Sparrow. Both stations had captured a few individual of this species before, but somehow I just missed all of them. So this was the first one for me this season. This individual was identified as an adult due to a complete skull. Recalling from biology class in college, I knew that there are two morphs in White-throated Sparrow: white striped ones and tan striped ones. Individuals from both morphs mostly mate with birds from the opposite morphs. For example: a tan striped male would most likely mate with a white-striped female. 

-Wentao

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	5	-	1	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Golden-crowned Kinglet	1	-	1	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	10	1	5	-
House Wren	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	8	11	5	9
Northern Mockingbird	2	-	-	-
Hermit Thrush	1	2	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	2	-	1	-
Savannah Sparrow	-	1	-	-
Song Sparrow	4	1	-	1
Swamp Sparrow	3	1	2	-
Eastern Towhee	2	-	-	-
Black-and-white Warbler	1	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	-	-
Palm Warbler(Western subspecies)	1	-	1	-
Myrtle Warbler	40	1	8	2
Painted Bunting	1	1	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	82	24	106
# of Recaptures	21	12	33
# of Species	18	9	18
Effort (net-hours)	182.4	120	302.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	56.5	30	43.3
# of Nets	32	25	57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4085	3126	7211
# of Recaptures	988	660	1648
# of Species	80	85	94
Effort (net-hours)	13166.85	8096.05	21262.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	38.5	46.8	42.7
# of Days	80	68	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Brittany Holliker (CS)

Matt Hixson (LB)

Camille Blose (CS)

Wentao Yang (LB)

Natalie Miller (CS)