One More Day To Go

 CAPTAIN SAMS

We delayed opening the nets by about 45minutes this morning due to cold temperatures.  We hit the freezing point in most areas around Charleston but I don't think we got to freezing at the banding station due to its close proximity (~200 yards) to the ocean.  

Unfortunately, bird activity did not get any better today as I hoped with only 12 new birds and 14 recaptures of 10 species.  We recaptured the female Yellow-breasted Chat that we banded on Saturday which may indicate that she will be overwintering on the site.  We will see if I end up catching her again this winter during my winter banding project.  

Another interesting recapture was a female Orange-crowned Warbler that I banded 1028 days ago on 4 February 2021.  Her other previous captures were on 13 January 2022 and 17 November 2022. 

-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 Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	1	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	2	-	-
Gray Catbird	1	4	-	-
Hermit Thrush	-	1	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	1	-	-
Eastern Towhee	-	1	-	-
Yellow-breasted Chat	-	1	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	1	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	8	3	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	12	-	-
# of Recaptures	14	-	-
# of Species	10	-	-
Effort (net-hours)	184.0	-	-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	14.1	-	-
# of Nets	32	-	-

2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,611	3,380	7,991
# of Recaptures	1,279	729	2,008
# of Species	85	86	100
Effort (net-hours)	17,010.2	9,293.95	26,304.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	34.6	44.2	38.0
# of Days	103	78	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Sean Dowd (CS)