Captain Sams:
Today's weather was the best so far in the season. The north-northeast wind keeps the humidity low, and we certainly felt it as soon as we got out of the car. After opening the nets, we also heard a little more activities than before. We're all excited to see what we would get today. And here it is: in our first net run at 7 this morning, Matt and I split up at the inside river, and he instantly flushed a bird into net 10. It was an Ovenbird! What a great start to the day.
Overall, we had a total of 26 birds with 18 newly banded and 8 recaptures. Our highlight certainly belongs to the Ovenbird, and we also caught our 2nd Worm-eating Warbler for Captain Sams this year. Interestingly, we caught the Swainson's Warbler again today. This is the fourth day in a row we've caught this bird. And our data shows that it is gaining a little weight every day. It was 14.4 grams four days ago, and now it is 15.4!
after hatch year Ovenbird
photo by Matt
photo by Matt
Little Bear:
Today was a lot better than yesterday. We up our totals to 29 birds with 25 newly banded birds and 4 recaptures. Our highlight for the day was catching our FOS Brown Thrasher and White-eyed Vireo. Our most birds captured today was the Carolina Wren. We had a total of 11 Carolina Wrens during our first run! It was pretty impressive to catch so many. We heard a few other species that have been hanging out and hope tomorrow will be the day that we catch a new bird. We will only hope and see.
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| Hatch Year Brown Thrasher Photo by Natalie |
-Kristin
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 Sam's | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
White-eyed Vireo | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Carolina Wren | 1 | - | - | - |
Carolina Chickadee | 1 | - | 9 | 3 |
Brown Thrasher | - | - | 1 | - |
Ovenbird | 1 | - | - | - |
Worm-eating Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Waterthrush | 5 | - | 4 | - |
Swainson's Warbler | - | 1 | - | - |
American Redstart | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Common Yellowthroat | - | - | 1 | - |
Yellow Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
Prairie Warbler | 2 | - | 3 | - |
Northern Cardinal | - | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Painted Bunting | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| # of Recaptures | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| # of Species | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 169.8 | 97.75 | 267.55 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 15.3 | 29.7 | 46 |
| # of Nets | 32 | 23 | 55 |
| 2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sam's | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 165 | 40 | 205 |
| # of Recaptures | 87 | 9 | 96 |
| # of Species | 24 | 10 | 34 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 1405 | 198.45 | 1603.45 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 17.9 | 24.7 | 42.6 |
| # of Days | 10 | 2 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)Kristin Attinger (LB)
Brittany Holliker (LB)
Matt Hixson (CS)
Camille Blose (CS)
Wentao Yang (CS)
Natalie Miller (LB)
