Friday, November 10, 2023

Like Shoes, House Finches Seem to Come In Pairs

 Captain Sams:

We had a pretty slow day at Captain Sams, with a total of 29 birds. A few of these feathery friends included a recap Brown Thrasher, a recap hatch-year White-crowned Sparrow, and a recap White-throated Sparrow. Our new birds of the day only consisted of three species. We had one Hermit Thrush and one Swamp Sparrow, and unsurprisingly, 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers. Without many birds visiting, we had plenty of time for some net repairs. What will tomorrow bring? Time will tell.

-Brittany

Little Bear:

The crew at Little Bear was surprised by warmer temperatures and wet conditions as we opened our nets. The day was slow with 32 birds captured; 23 were newly banded and the remaining 9 were recaptured. 15 Yellow-rumped Warblers were a large portion of new individuals, but 8 other species found their way into our nets today as well. Almost all are common at this time of year, like Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Orange-crowned Warbler, save for one: House Finch! It is uncommon that Little Bear captures House Finches and we were lucky enough to band two of them today. Both were hatch-year males and were caught right next to each other in the same net. 

We hope that more flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers find our nets in the few remaining days to come. It's starting to really hit us that the end of the season is sadly fast approaching...

-Matt



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
121-
House Wren
-11-
Gray Catbird
-214
Brown Thrasher
-1--
Hermit Thrush
-2--
House Finch
--2-
White-crowned Sparrow
-1--
White-throated Sparrow
-1--
Swamp Sparrow
1---
Eastern Towhee
---1
Orange-crowned Warbler
--11
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
125151
Northern Cardinal
---2
Painted Bunting
--1-



Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
14
23
37
# of Recaptures
15
9
24
# of Species
9
10
15
Effort (net-hours)
165.9
131.25
297.06
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
17.5
24.4
20.5
# of Nets
32
25
57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
4238
3269
7507
# of Recaptures
1045
709
1754
# of Species
81
85
95
Effort (net-hours)
13,999.55
8,734.8
22,734.35
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
37.7
45.5
40.7
# of Days8573-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Brittany Holliker (CS)
Matt Hixson (LB)
Wentao Yang (CS)
Natalie Miller (CS)
Camille Blose (LB)

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