November 12th, 2023

 Captain Sams:

A dreary morning it was, starting at a cool 54 degrees. We banded 3 new birds and processed 5 recaps. We gave it the old college try, then decided to close up for the day as the misting turned into a steady drizzle. 

Little Bear:

It was a dark and cloudy morning out at Little Bear. Little did the bird banders know of the horrors coming there way...only 12 birds! And what a surprise it was to see that two of these birds were a recap Blackburnian Warbler and a new Blackpoll Warbler! Chilly and rainy weather led to closing the nets earlier than usual, and hopefully more birds visit tomorrow!

-Brittany

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
House Wren	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	2	-	2
Hermit Thrush	1	-	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	-	-	1	-
Song Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	1	-
Common Yellowthroat	-	-	1	-
Blackburnian Warbler	-	-	-	1
Blackpoll Warbler	-	-	1	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	1	2	4	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	3	8	11
# of Recaptures	5	4	9
# of Species	5	7	10
Effort (net-hours)	89.6	86.6	176.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	8.9	13.9	11.4
# of Nets	32	25	57

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,259	3283	7,542
# of Recaptures	1,064	717	1,781
# of Species	81	85	95
Effort (net-hours)	14,228.45	8924.8	23,153.25
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	37.4	44.8	40.27
# of Days	87	75	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Brittany Holliker (LB)

Matt Hixson (CS)

Wentao Yang (CS)

Natalie Miller (LB)

Camille Blose (CS)