Saturday, November 25, 2023

Late Season Chat

CAPTAIN SAMS

We had an unexpectedly slow day today with only 14 new birds and 6 recaptures.  With the cooler temps and north winds, I was thought we would have captured more Yellow-rumped Warblers, at least.  The wind was blowing around 12-15mph which certainly could have affected the capture rate at some of nets but a lot of the nets were sheltered from the wind.  There was just not that many birds around today.  

A nice late season surprise was a Yellow-breasted Chat.  A small proportion of the Yellow-breasted Chat population will overwinter in SC, therefore it is possible that this bird may decide to spend its winter on Kiawah.  

Yellow-breasted Chat (Hatch-year, female)

  -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 SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Eastern Phoebe
-1--
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
21--
Gray Catbird
11--
Hermit Thrush
1---
Yellow-breasted Chat
1---
Black-and-white Warbler
-1--
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
91--
Northern Cardinal
-1--



Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
14
-
-
# of Recaptures
6
-
-
# of Species
8
-
-
Effort (net-hours)
171.4
-
-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
11.7
-
-
# of Nets
32
-
-

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
4,561
3,380
7,941
# of Recaptures
1,206
729
1,935
# of Species
85
86
100
Effort (net-hours)
16,277.7
9,293.95
25,571.65
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
35.3
44.2
38.6
# of Days9978-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Sean Dowd (CS)
Aidan Given (CS)

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