Captain Sams:
We had a slowish day ending with a total of 25 birds including 13 recaptures. Compared to yesterday, we had way less new Catbirds showing up at the station, but a lot of banded individuals were still hanging around at the station. After our first net run, we were dispersed to continue on nets repair duty. The tide was getting high again with water covering the path from the table to net 14. With higher tides in marshes, we hope we could take advantage of these slow days to capture some marsh sparrows, Clapper Rails, or even White Ibis between net runs!
-Wentao
Little Bear:
'Twas a slow day at our beloved Little Bear, with a total of 25 birds. We had more recaptures than new birds, but to our delight, we were visited once again by a handsome recap Blackburnian Warbler. A friendly Downy Woodpecker made an appearance along with a perfectly precious Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Once again, Gray Catbirds dominated our nets. Gray Catbird in your first net. Bam! Gray Catbird in your second net. Bam! The Gray Catbirds quite simply are everywhere, and we will most definitely be greeted by their meows again tomorrow morning.
-Brittany
| Species | Captain Sams | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Downy Woodpecker | - | - | - | 1 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Carolina Wren | - | 1 | - | - |
Gray Catbird | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
Swamp Sparrow | - | - | 1 | - |
Common Yellowthroat | - | - | 1 | - |
Blackburnian Warbler | - | - | - | 1 |
Palm Warbler (Western Subspecies) | 1 | - | - | - |
Myrtle Warbler | 5 | - | 2 | - |
Northern Cardinal | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Painted Bunting | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| # of Recaptures | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| # of Species | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 154.5 | 82.5 | 237 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 16.2 | 30.3 | 23.3 |
| # of Nets | 32 | 25 | 57 |
| 2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 3702 | 2853 | 6555 |
| # of Recaptures | 873 | 513 | 1386 |
| # of Species | 75 | 80 | 90 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 11531.6 | 7079.6 | 18611.2 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 39.7 | 47.6 | 43.7 |
| # of Days | 70 | 59 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)